IDE is NOT the same as SCSI.
Different pinouts as well as different access protocols.
As to a DIY- CF SCSI drive- yes, it's been done.
By a guy in Germany, he used two Atmel programmable processors and SCSI controller IC's
But that wouldn't guarantee that the drive was SCSI-1 compatible, which is crucial for Emax compatibility.
Now- if possible it might be worth it where it had two slots.
I asked him if it was feasible to reprogram microcontrollers for 2 slots, and he said sure, but he wasn't interested in doing that project.
The problem is:
- it was still a single slot.
- parts cost almost $200 USD for a one off or small quantity per drive.
Especially as it required 2 separate PCBs (yes they were double sided)
To redo it as multi-layer board so you could have two slots- I have no idea how expensive that is, but then you have to double your chips (where you use his firmware).
You can begin to see why people don't do it- it's expensive…not just time, but the cost of parts.
SCM and Microtech drives have multilayer boards and custom silicon- which can be done when you are making 10000+ units have a whole dev team, etc…
Anyways, that's what I know about it….
-Ted
On Oct 28, 2013, at 8:18 PM, bmacdoug1 . wrote:
cant somebody that actually knows how to write firmware code open source this conversion easy? I mean is there intellectual property involved. IDE SCSI lund 0 1, is Arduino capable enough to do the math. Maybe not enough IO. Has anybody tried the SCSI CF drives from Japan, i just wish they were 75bucks not 150.
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Windrum Scoggin <windrumscoggin@...> wrote:
;I'm absolutely laughing my ass off!
At the situation of course.....Not in the fact that poor musicians wasted loads of time and money by this guy...Serves him right.he's a NOOB now.'NOBODY Out OF Business'
On Monday, October 28, 2013, jammie wrote:
yes he used to hot glue every thing and do lots of bodgessaid things worked and they did not even with out testingwhen i told him what worked for the ensoniqs he asked my supplier then went an brought the whole damn lot leaving me with only tenand he was greedy when he ran out of iodat version 1 cards he brought iodata version 2 scsi to ide adapters and sold them as working for ensoniqs but they did not work which i newi then had a moaning email from him saying that the iodata vesion 2 did not work and none of my jumper setting would work with iti laughed at him telling him i could of told you that the version 2 cards did not work but he only contacted me when he had complaints he never even tested themand then tried to blame me but thats what you get for being greedy and not checking it cost him a lot of money with payapl charge backs from customers and as they say what comes around goes around he brought all the stock that i had with a stockist and i could not get any more so it was tuff justicedont shit on people who help you its the same as biting the hand that feeds you its just not done----- Original Message -----From: Ted SummersSent: Monday, October 28, 2013 10:47 PMSubject: Re: [emax] Uni-Flash USB alternative to the PCD 50/60B?Secondly-Apparently they may have thought he was Frankenstein's monster (or sold them bad products or bad customer service or something like that) ????
I never had dealings with the guy, but I think he disappeared when a virtual mob of pitchfork wielding village folk went looking for him.There was quite some anger on the boards a couple years ago... if I recall correctly. Not just here, but synthzone and a couple other boards too...-Ted
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:35 PM, <windrumscoggin@...> wrote:
has anyone successfully installed and used the Uni-Flash USB
here
http://www.2av.com.ua/indexe.htm
Secondly, what happened to this guy at SCSI for Samplers? He's all but disappeared
http://jimatwood.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/scsi-card-reader-drives-for-all-samplers/
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