Share your knowledge on these two classic MPCs
By eno deggur Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:54 pm
Want to put an Internal CF Card on my 3000 came across two:

Acard AEC-7720U 3.75 SCSI To IDE Bridge Card/Adapter-
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Acard-AEC-7720U ... 25740e7f1f

StarTech Compact Flash Card/IDE Adapter
http://www.datavis.com/cgi-bin/search.c ... 4&x=26&y=4

Will these work ??? Gonna have a friend of mine install it for me. Thanks !!
By Clint Tue Oct 09, 2012 11:17 am
Yes to both questions.

That's a good find on the Acard SCSI to IDE bridges. As the seller is taking offers and has a few available, lowball him and work your way up towards his price. He may be unaware of the value to owners of SCSI samplers.

There are detailed threads here about the Acard/ firmware situation.

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=150367

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=156777

If you can, photograph the installation process let us see how it is.
By eno deggur Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:02 am
clint246clint wrote:Yes to both questions.

That's a good find on the Acard SCSI to IDE bridges. As the seller is taking offers and has a few available, lowball him and work your way up towards his price. He may be unaware of the value to owners of SCSI samplers.

There are detailed threads here about the Acard/ firmware situation.

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=150367

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=156777

If you can, photograph the installation process let us see how it is.


Ok sounds good Clint will try or attempt to photograph. Will proceed to buy those units and let you know how it goes as I'm tired of using floppy disks.
By Clint Wed Oct 10, 2012 1:51 am
Hope it goes well, I always preferred the external card readers myself. They are more flexible, and it's not like I'm using the gear on stage or outside my house.

One external card reader = multiple MPC's

Multiple internal card readers = multiple MPC's
By master-ceo Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:59 am
clint246clint wrote:Hope it goes well, I always preferred the external card readers myself. They are more flexible, and it's not like I'm using the gear on stage or outside my house.

One external card reader = multiple MPC's

Multiple internal card readers = multiple MPC's


Agreed. This is how I got mine setup, plus you can still use your floppies and back them up to CF with ease.
By Clint Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:31 pm
master-ceo wrote:plus you can still use your floppies and back them up to CF with ease.


And this.

Best of both worlds.