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I bought a compact flash IDE device from ebay. This one in fact -
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/COMPACT-FLASH-CF-TO-IDE … %3A1%7C294%3A30
I stuck it on this enhanced IO 486 mobo, a SYL8884PCI -
http://motherboards.mbarron.net/models/486pci/syl8884.htm
It's such a failure, that the mobo doesn't even POST. I checked the CF IDE device beforehand, testing it out on a slot 1 board, and it worked fine. But I wanted to use this thing on a 486 board - much more useful!
I even tried sticking the CF IDE device on an ISA-based multi IO card! Although the mobo POSTed OK, it couldn't see the CF card.
😢