My MPC2000XL card reader installation guide

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nice "do it yaself" gudieline!
worked out very easy!

thanks for that...

To answer your question: Zip disk are as useless as floppy disk. as a matter of fact they are the same thing, the two are magnetic forms of storage, they are bulky and unreliable! CompactFlash in the other hand consists of a small circuit board with Flash-memory chips which is as small as a quarter. Picture yourself walking with 1000mb (1GB) of storage the size of a quarter, could you really say the same having a zipdrive- I think not!

I am about to do this. you have to buy the mounting harness too? none of the instatallation links said anything about that i just saw it on the shopping cart of some links to the one they bought.
also you cant just walk into a best buy, or any computer store and grab one of these?
I cant wait to do this

the drive screws into the bottom of the MPC.... no kit is needed, but there is a bracket on the inside of the MPC. you'll see it when you take out the current drive.

Nice, Im gonna check around today and if no one in the area carries thes peices imma have to get it off that site as well.
what size card is recommended? 1g is 100 bucks and probably more than needed for now..
haha i promise thas my last question on this shit unless something goes wrong durring the installation this weekend.

I use a 256. That's enough for me.... just get what ever size you think you will need.

I need some tip on where to buy a working cardreader, that german store that was linked doesnt ship to sweden. Anyone knows another store???

amtron.com

IISDMC is the model you want

I don't think I have ever seen that Atapi thing on my screen, I have an XL with a Floppy in the front... and SCSI Connections in the back where I use a SCSI Zip Drive which SUCKS!!! Is this reader compatible with My XL???

Thanks,

C Hustle
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"Is this reader compatible with My XL???"

Yes, it replaces the floppy. You will have to mode the power supply.

What do you mean by mode the power supply??

btw, how many partions do you have on your memory cards? is there anything recommended or can the mpc handle for example 1gb single partion?

C HustleNY wrote:What do you mean by mode the power supply??

check the link in the first post. It shows how to do it.

The power cord on the floppy will not provide enough power for the card reader. you have to modify the connection. It's real easy

soulscientist wrote:btw, how many partions do you have on your memory cards? is there anything recommended or can the mpc handle for example 1gb single partion?

I'm pretty sure OS 1.20 will handle 1 Gig.