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Mark from Geek Technique posted a bunch of photos last week of his prototype iPod CF card adapter. With a bit of hacking, he was able to wire everything up to make his iPod run on flash memory. Just short of a full howto, you should be able to glean a few pin wiring details off the photos.
The little iPod drive connector is peculiar. It's not mini IDE and not quite PCMCIA (though it uses a PCMCIA-style connector). It is, however, compatible with both technologies, so with the right adapter, you can use an iPod drive in an embedded computer, or perhaps even convert an iPod to use an SDCARD. There are cheap SD to CF adapters that fit inside the CF footprint, so essentially it's a no-brainer if you've gotten Mark's CF iPod hack to work.
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thanks!
I'm quite busy getting this adapter into production right now. At the linked page you can write down your mail-address and I will send one mail once it's available. (and it'll be available in the US for sure! ^_^)(That'll be probably be two months from now). I will also release everything to do it yourself. Although all the info already is there for the ones that look very carefully, but for those that do not want to go the way of figuring it all out by themselves, in about two months you will have several choices... ;-)
cheers,
-mark hoekstra
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