On Thu, 2007-06-14 at 15:20 -0400, Mark Hanchey wrote:
> Is anyone aware of a circuit that would allow a SD memory card to be 
> attached to a pc
> in place of a floppy drive so that the host pc thinks its accessing a floppy.
> 
> I ask because its getting to be a pain to update bios, install 
> storage drivers, etc on pc
> that require you to use a floppy. You can't use usb or cdrom.
> 
> If I could change out the floppy drive with something that read SD 
> cards that would be great.
> Just wondering if someone has already designed a circuit like this, 
> or if I should start :)
> 
> I'm aware of the flashpath adapters but they are pricey and I'm 
> looking for a more hardware based idea.

CF cards are ATA compatible, and with a cheap adapter will plug into an
IDE port of a MB, can't get much cheaper or simpler then that.

TTYL

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