Question for users that use the CF to IDE adapter on your retro PCs

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Reply 20 of 22, by vstrakh

Posted on 2026-04-01, 19:35

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douglar wrote on 2026-04-01, 14:46:

Using custom CHS values works fine as long as you 1) don't plan on moving the CF to a USB adapter in a contemporary computer

That's one of the great points of using removable CF - setting it up on a modern PC.
As much as I love poking around retro PCs - I'm not a fan of copying off everything from floppies, real or virtual (gotek, etc). You do want to move files easily back and forth between systems.

Reply 21 of 22, by maxtherabbit

Posted on 2026-04-02, 03:08

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that's what networking is for

Reply 22 of 22, by NeoG_

Posted on 2026-04-02, 03:17

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2026-04-02, 03:08:

that's what networking is for

It also happens to be what removable storage is for 🤔

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