G1-ATA Devices

[OzOnE]

That's awesome news.

This will be a nice compliment to the DCIO once many games have been tested on the G1 adapter as well.

@megavolt85 - could you possibly upload some short videos of games that are working with IDE mode?
Are you using a CF card or a HDD?

A HDD would be nice to see running with DS, but bigger drives may be stressing the 12V line on the poor DC PSU if you power it from that.


I'm trying to get the DCIO board running tonight, but I'll also look into the G1 PCB layout again this week.

The G1 adapter design is probably not too bad as it is, but I need to make the board smaller so it will fit into the DC case properly.
Does anyone have any suggestions for the PCB layout on the new batch of boards? (I know that only SWAT, cybdyn, and a few other people have the adapters though).


@SWAT, yep that CF adapter is the exact same one I'm using on my DC "dev" box (DC mobo in an old satellite box).
It should work fine with an IDE cable in-between, but it's preferable to use the older 40-wire IDE cable with it.

I have used an 80-wire "UDMA" cable with it as well, and it's best to have the Blue connector at the DC end if you do.
(If you do have problems with getting it working, then try to get hold of a 40-wire IDE cable.)

I'm a teensy bit wary of some of those SD-to-CF adapters, but they should in theory work fine if they follow the ATA command standard.
Some of those converters may only work in CF "memory mode", so standard ATA commands might not work.

OzOnE.