Killer Instinct: Now offering IDE MODULES!. NOT CF. Direct drop in. $35 ea. vids, pic

[sfernandes]

Spoke with Chad on which he advised that they are no longer available, but will put it on the chock board of things to bring back.

 

[foxtrot_xray]

Someone learn me..
What's the benefit of this over a CF card?

 

[TheEnglishTear]

Spoke with Chad on which he advised that they are no longer available, but will put it on the chock board of things to bring back.

Good to know. If he does, I'm in!

 

[Tighe]

Someone learn me..
What's the benefit of this over a CF card?

CF Cards have no moving parts and while they have a limited number of writes before failures they have an "unlimited" of reads. Since the hard drive access in KI is just read the idea is the CF card should last "forever."

Note the quotes as nothing is unlimited or forever, but they should have greater reliability over a 20 year old hard drive.

They also use much less power. When I first got my Address 51 the old power supply didn't have enough juice left to power both there hard drive and the game board, but it did have enough to power the board and the CF card adapter.

I replaced the power supply anyways as it was on its last legs.

 

[foxtrot_xray]

Okay, I got that - that makes sense, and why I upgraded my RUSH's to CF cards..

But what does THIS have over a CF card?

CF Cards have no moving parts and while they have a limited number of writes before failures they have an "unlimited" of reads. Since the hard drive access in KI is just read the idea is the CF card should last "forever."

Note the quotes as nothing is unlimited or forever, but they should have greater reliability over a 20 year old hard drive.

They also use much less power. When I first got my Address 51 the old power supply didn't have enough juice left to power both there hard drive and the game board, but it did have enough to power the board and the CF card adapter.

I replaced the power supply anyways as it was on its last legs.

 

[coinopper]

Cost difference between CF and SSD is the main reason. SSD is cheaper now. CF is smaller but less writes over time as mentioned and I think SSD are faster.

 

[Tighe]

Okay, I got that - that makes sense, and why I upgraded my RUSH's to CF cards..

But what does THIS have over a CF card?

Over a CF card? Nothing, it's a CF card. The adapter just let's you plug the CF card into an ATA IDE connector. CF Cards are IDE just with smaller pins. The adapter is just connecting the pins (there's no logic) and the power.

As for SSD drives that can connect to IDE, they can have compatibility issues so it's best in my opinion to use a CF card. Don't use a new high capacity card either though. I think the biggest I've used was 8GB.

 

[4theLoveofKOMBAT]

I could use one of these for my KI2 as well.

 

[iN33DCaTNiP]

Over a CF card? Nothing, it's a CF card. The adapter just let's you plug the CF card into an ATA IDE connector. CF Cards are IDE just with smaller pins. The adapter is just connecting the pins (there's no logic) and the power.

As for SSD drives that can connect to IDE, they can have compatibility issues so it's best in my opinion to use a CF card. Don't use a new high capacity card either though. I think the biggest I've used was 8GB.

area 51 site 4 owners dream of such things... we are stuck with hdd's