Share your knowledge on these two classic MPCs
By dj r1 Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:56 pm
any one have a cf reader to sale? or any links to buy one?
i just got my 60 and i cant stand using floppies n zips,

By dj r1 Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:38 am
so i found a micro tech pcd 47 b on ebay.so i copped it for like 30 bucks in hopes it will work,have any of you had luck with this model yet???????????????

By mpc3000le Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:22 am
dj r1 wrote:so i found a micro tech pcd 47 b on ebay.so i copped it for like 30 bucks in hopes it will work,have any of you had luck with this model yet???????????????


PCD-47B devicea are hit and miss on MPC60/MPC3000 machines.

Visit this thread earlier:

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=43804

If you get one that works your MPC60 then you've got lucky.

If it doesn't work with your MPC60 then sell it to an MPC2000XL user.

Rohan.

By dj r1 Fri Feb 17, 2006 4:33 am
werd i saw what you put about the ones made in japan,mine is made in singapore,maybe some god loves me and i will get lucky with it,but 3000le,do you have aim or yahoo i could hit u up on?

By mpc3000le Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:23 am
dj r1 wrote:werd i saw what you put about the ones made in japan,mine is made in singapore,maybe some god loves me and i will get lucky with it,but 3000le,do you have aim or yahoo i could hit u up on?


...and that is not to say that the ones made in Japan will/won't work.

...nor is it to say that ones made else where will/won't either.

The major drama with the PCD-47B is that from a design point of view it is a hack compared with other "superior" INTERMART/MICROTECH models.

Seems that the PCD-47B doesn't respond to the standard set of SCSI commands an MPC3000/MPC60 spits out to communicate with connected devices.

Nor does the PCD-47 seem to correctly answer certain SCSI initiated capability queries.

The fact many other INTERMART/MICROTECH models work without issues on MPC3000/MPC60 machines places the PCD-47B in the lemmon category for most of us.

User MPC3000 who creates the www.midicase.com site has a fairly good list of what does and doesn't work in the INTERMART/MICROTECH line up when his testing with an MPC3000. Most of his results will hold true for an MPC60 too ( same SCSI protocol control chip and software communication layer ).

As for me and instant messaging ... nope... not into that.

Rohan.