External Harddrive SCSI and a computer

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External Harddrive SCSI and a computer

By Sonic101 Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:15 pm
Its come to my attention from poking around ebay looking for a 2000xl that you can attatch a zip drive to the xl through the SCSI port.

Would it be possible to swat the zip drive for a external harddrive and have it simultaneously hooked to the MPC through SCSI and to a computer with USB?

Thanks for the feedback
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By dopedee Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:27 pm
look into getting a card reader .. save your self some money and time. Lots of time ...

By Sonic101 Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:58 pm
whats a card reader?
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By djrespect Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:15 am
do your homework....

yes, it is possible to hook up a harddrive to the mpc, but I wouldn't recommend hooking it up to a pc too!! search the forums and you'll find out why :wink:

By Sonic101 Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:41 pm
please excuse my lack of knowledge on the subject but I remember when I had a mpc 1000 and it had a MCR I would attatch it to my comp with USB to get sounds saved on the Multi Card. If I was to install a MCR on my xl does the reader come with a usb slot? Or if not how do I trasnfer my wav files to get them onto the the disks and in my MPC. Do I have to buy a MCR for my comp too? Thanks a lot for all the help.
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By Lampdog Fri Apr 20, 2007 5:52 pm
You put a internal atapi card reader in your xl, you also get a usb card reader for your pc.

You can transfer the card between the mpc and pc.

There's no usb connection between the 2kxl and pc.

http://www.mpc-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=20082

Sonic, look through this link thoroughly and you'll find many answers to future problems you might have.
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