Anyone ever seen an internal CF reader for the 2000xl?

What up, all?

Just wondering if anyone has ever seen an internal compact flash reader for the MPC 2000xl? I bought one that fits in a 3.5" bay, so it fit, but I think it needs 12v as WELL as the 5v the MPC's (now modified) floppy power cable provides. Alternately, does anyone know of a 12v power source inside the 2000xl? I meant to poke around a little more in the power supply section for a 12v lead, but got a little....ummm....cloudy and forgot. Right now I have an internal zip in it, and THAT runs fine, so I would assume the CF reader would work if I could feed it 12v, 5v, and ground lines.....any ideas?

Peace,
MANiK

i think at www.mpc2000xl.com mike has a pic of one.

"but I think it needs 12v as WELL "

That would be a first. What model is it?

binger0 wrote:i think at www.mpc2000xl.com mike has a pic of one.

Thanks a lot, man....I found it. I'm just thinking something solid-state would be better for live gig use (and wouldn't have the potential to develop the click of death problem...

Later,

MANiK

mpc3000 wrote:"but I think it needs 12v as WELL "

That would be a first. What model is it?

It seems to basically be unbranded OEM ish....it's at:

http://shop.menlomart.com/noname.html

I tired it on the MPC and tried playing with reversing the cable and checking the voltage with a multimeter and everything, and it would NOT work. I then tried it in my friend's PC, and it reads cards just fine (even a card that no other CF reader would touch...). I figured maybe it either needed the 12v or was just not ATAPI compliant. Based on all the different platforms listed as suppported, though, I think it's a regular ATAPI device. In Win2000, it was recognized and worked fine as a "removable disk" without loading any other drivers. Hard to say....I may look into that PC card reader on MPC2000xl.com though...


MANiK

that ish would boot, i need a 1gb CF card instead, of the zip's. have all my samps on 1 cart instead of them clickky zip disks.

In speaking with Akai on the subject, they said they would include a CF Card reader in the newer models of the 2000XL's. Because of the hand-off for distribution (now Numark), this will be a bit delayed (expected in October?). I am anticipating a cf card kit or upgradeability. Any more info on the subject would be good...

A yo can you post that email that says this because Im thinking that it will just be a drive update not a new model I hope its more than a drive update, usb and 256mb ram would be nice

"It seems to basically be unbranded OEM ish....it's at:

http://shop.menlomart.com/noname.html "

MPC2000XL does not support IDE CF readers. They would need to be SCSI.

Bmorerepa: As far as I know, it's just the drive but I could be mistaken. I spoke with Akai verbally but haven't gotten an e-mail back. USB would be tight... I've had a hell of a time gettin a clear answer from the guys over there though.

lets keep this thread open for information , Ive heard in another thread that they recalled the xl I guess they said F### it lets but a new drive on it

Hot cakes when did you talk to akai about this

I emailed AKAI about it and this is what they had to say

Please stay tuned to www.akaipro.com for new product release information.

Best Regards,
Technical Support
AKAI professional USA Corp.
Ph: 817 834 1900
Fax: 817 834 1983

This isnt a no answer