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exxos wrote: 17 Apr 2019 10:02 The caps and resisitos can be hardwired to the PCB.

So the headers can be removed?

rubber_jonnie wrote: 17 Apr 2019 10:09 So the headers can be removed?

Yes.

exxos wrote: 17 Apr 2019 10:24

rubber_jonnie wrote: 17 Apr 2019 10:09 So the headers can be removed?

Yes.

Then tonight they will be removed!!

Thank you :)

That sounds like a good idea RJ. Will pinch that one.

PhilC wrote: 17 Apr 2019 16:59 That sounds like a good idea RJ. Will pinch that one.

Oh no, not another idea!

Quick update, I removed the select 1&2 jumpers and soldered in the resistor/capacitor combo directly to the PCB. Looks a lot less like a half dead Xmas tree now :)
Also hooked up a 2GB laptop drive, and the drive is seen by the driver which is a good start.
Currently left it formatting.

No real time to play with much more tonight, but I will have to move to another board with 1MB I think as some of the HDD apps won't work with the drivers loaded. So got to whip the CPU out of my other spare test board.

rubber_jonnie wrote: 17 Apr 2019 22:46 Also hooked up a 2GB laptop drive, and the drive is seen by the driver which is a good start.
Currently left it formatting.

Nice! :dualthumbup:

The fun will really start when I hook up the 35GB Iomega Rev drive with removable media. Not sure if it'll work, but I'm gonna try it anyhoo.

Will settle on driver ASAP, trouble is I can't spring for HDDRIVER right now, €45 is a bit too much right now :(

rubber_jonnie wrote: 17 Apr 2019 23:00 The fun will really start when I hook up the 35GB Iomega Rev drive with removable media. Not sure if it'll work, but I'm gonna try it anyhoo.

Will settle on driver ASAP, trouble is I can't spring for HDDRIVER right now, €45 is a bit too much right now :(

Jon, that looks like a nice spot for one of them Golden Glitter Cards.... :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Jon...??? Just looked @ the mega 4 with the compact flash plugin... I bet a nice Englishman with a 3d printer could replace the mega 4 plastic filler plate with one that has a slot for the compact flash card and mounting for interface.. Its not an idea though.. :dualthumbup: :dualthumbup: