Since iPod-type devices are being mass marketed, the components in them are also being manufactured in large (or at least larger than normal) quantities. How much public information is available on the HD interfaces?
TIA Norm
A while back, people were buying iPods to remove the HD for Compact Flash applications.
So I would gather that they (the iPod drives) are 50-pin CF interface.
I would guess, Apple added extra commands to that interface also.
Donald
Google google - "ipod hd" and scan the responses.
Yeah, been there, done that. I've verified that some versions of the iPod do in fact use a HD! I also found out that early models used a FireWire interface because USB 1.x was too slow. But I've discovered nothing of use in determining what kind of interface the current iPod HD's have.
Norm
Search for two inch hard drives; these drives are no longer iPod-exclusive and are available for other applications. The original iPod was a Type II PCMCIA form factor drive, although it had a nonstandard interface. They're all IDE underneath.
The interface the iPod offers to the outside world has nothing to do with the interface used internally.
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