voltaic Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 Has anyone used a Compact Flash card using one of those CF to IDE pin converters? i've seen the transfer speed specs on older cards using PIO mode on old CF cards, but am wondering if anyone has seen "real life" tests of any newer ones using DMA mode?i am looking for some hard numbers on min/max transfer speeds as well as seek times. if anyone has seen any stats anywhere, please let me know!-Voltaic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 I don't have any real life tests done with this, but I do have a microdrive. PIO or DMA mode - I don't think it will make any kind of difference, the card's speed a rather slow compared to a "real" HD. I mean, it's fast enough for my DSLR, but I wouldn't even consider using that in a PC as "normal" HD. Too slow...I just had a peek at some of those adapters on the web... Some don't support 3.3v cards, and should not be hot swapped (kinda makes sense). I doubt it's any faster than a PCMCIA adapter or USB2 reader at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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