CF card in Floppy?

[who]

I recently purchased an EIII with a CF card installed internally.  Obviously, this isn't ideal if one plans to swap cards regularly.  Is there a solution for mounting a CF reader in the floppy bay?

Thanks!

[who]

I purchased one of the Startech products found here:

https://www.startech.com/HDD/Card-Readers/Internal/Compact-Flash-Card-to-IDE-Adapter-with-35-Bay-Enclosure~35BAYCF2IDE

I will report back with the results.

[Zomnius]

and?

[who]

Sorry for the delayed response, but my EIII suffered a failure and I have yet to get fixed.  See here:

http://eiiiforum.com/index.php?topic=1636.0

I will report back as soon as I can.

By the way, the Startech website is not mine.  I have no affiliation with the company.

[Zomnius]

the link to the cf reader is nice, would fit in the drive's position, but you probably need an ide to scsi converter?

[who]

You're right and I should have mentioned that.  I bought my EIII with an Acard preinstalled.

[mg73]

Any luck yet?

I´m also thinking about getting this.

[Zomnius]

ok ordered an acard. i will get it this weekend hopefully.

anyone tips tricks for installing this?

[who]

My apologies for the extremely late update, but getting my EIII fixed took much longer than expected.  I am happy to report that the Startech reader does work with my Acard.

[djscratchd]

My apologies for the extremely late update, but getting my EIII fixed took much longer than expected.  I am happy to report that the Startech reader does work with my Acard.

Which model Acard did you use?

[mg73]

I have one EIII with Acard and on with Yamaha in the floppy section.
Acard does require 3 scsi chains turns before booting which is not needed with the yamaha,
don´t know why...

there is a new SCSI IDE card called Raisin monster that is hot swappable  but I don´t
have any solid report that it will work in EIII
but is seems to work in most other old samplers...

[djscratchd]

Thanks for the info gonna check it out when i get back from this weekends show..

[djscratchd]

Ordered a RasinMonster woo hoo!!!! Cant wait til between Friday, Dec. 5 and Monday, Dec. 22 when this mofo arrives!!!! Does anyone know the maximum size card the EIII can take? is 32gb the max?

the seller says AKAI/E-mu sampler machine is not recomandable for Big Volume and high speed rate CF card*.
The total dimension with mounting SSD/HDD is bigger** than ordinary HDD size. So, you have to make sure of enough clearance.
Limited manufacture item.
*It is confirmed that over 32GB modern CF card has some bad compatibilities with Vintage Sampler instrument.

[mg73]

Ordered one also yesterday!

I think Raizinmonster has a limit of 32gb
but the EIII limit is 1gb anyway.
Both Acard and yamaha  are  very critical which CF card that works.
I think there is a earlier post about which cards that work..

[djscratchd]

which 1gb card is the best to use? or can you partition the 32gb card into 32 1gb partitions?