Installing HDD into MPC1000 without HDM-10 Kit

Sense-A wrote:Awesome posts by mcschippenhorst

Here's how you can make your own internal CF card for less than $20.

You need:
1. 3m MDR connector, 50 pin $7.12 plus tax/shipping
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/ ... ND/1091820 This is to connect to the existing Akai MPC 1000 port for an internal HD. One side is the MDR connector, the other side is the pins.

2. Arduino cables. female to female. 5 to 10cm long. at least 50 of them. here is 80 for $3.98
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dupont-Cable-J ... 2992751056

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165640852243

3. The CF to IDE adapter. $2
https://www.ebay.com/itm/CF-Card-to-44- ... SwM0BeAa8f

https://www.ebay.com/itm/284303496562

That's an adapter for under $20 if you're patient to get all the parts from China. Use some double sided tape from the dollar store to mount the small cf pcb inside.

Now it gets even better. You can mount a 128GB mini SD card inside! Just get a SD to CF card adapter.

4. SD SDHC SDXC To CF Compact Flash Memory Card Adapter Reader IA Converter https://www.ebay.com/itm/SD-SDHC-SDXC-T ... 3324970697 $10

https://www.ebay.com/itm/163693698488

5. 128gb mini sd cards go for about $15. Don't buy the fake ones off ebay. Get this from newegg or bestbuy or a trusted vendor.

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-128GB-mi ... B0B7NTY2S6

For $50 total you could have a mini sd mounted inside your mpc 1000.

Updated a few links. Reupload schematics and parts:





* Correction the MDR is to 50 pins which then goes to 44 pins (not all pins get used)

I recommend getting extra arduino cables and color coding them. red for +5v. black or green for ground. Orange for reset. white or blue for data pins. Be careful

With the HDM kit MIA, this is proving to be quite a rabbit hole. I love solving puzzles, but is this even a puzzle worth solving....