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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: 2nd ATA Device on JB20 RecorderRe: 2nd ATA Device on JB20 Recorder
From: Joaquim Carvalho <jdc_at_x64.com>
Date: 20 Jan 2003 13:01:28 +0000 The physical connection to a second ide/pccard/compactflash drive is not an easy thing to - There are far too many pins to connect... On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 17:59, roland wrote: > Hi ! > Does anybody think, this (still fictional) hardware-mod is worth a try > ? (also see attached pic) > > I`d like to use my Jukebox as a backup device for compact flash cards > (digicam). > Since CF cards are true IDE/ATA devices, perhaps this works. I already > have some experience > with passive CF2IDE adapters. (booting Linux from that) > > I`m also not shure, if could "see" 2nd. device from within rockbox > without too much effort. > If there is a chance, that a master/save combination can be handled > with existing > archos hardware, perhaps I will disassmble my JB and look onto PCD > how HDD is being interfaced. > > Yes - we need to add code there - but maybe this is not too difficult. > CF usually are formatted witch fat12 or fat16 - can existing fat32 > driver code handle that, or do I > need addidtional driver code? > I read the isd300 manuals and I`m quite optimistic, at least ISD300 > can handle 2 devices > -----snipp--- > Master/Slave Selection > Bit (5) > Device number selection. This bit is valid only when "Skip ATA/ATAPI > Device Initialization" is active. Under ISD-300A control ("Skip > ATA/ATAPI Device Initialization = 0), the value is ignored. > 0 Drive 0 (master) > 1 Drive 1 (slave) > ---snipp---- > But as i see - ISD300 is ONLY needed when interacing to usb!? So we > don`t really need support for 2nd > device of ISD300 - since what we get would be just "another" USB CF > Card reader - and they are cheap today > - anyway ;) > > Please tell me, what you think regarding chances for success on that. > regards > Roland > > > PS: > Shure , that "hack" won`t fit into the original JB case - but I will > build a new case around my JB soon, anyway. > Received on 2003-01-20 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |