Yes it's doable, easy and cheap with a $3 IDE reader. The magic key for me was a 4gb Transcend 133x card from ebay; an old 256mb CF card did NOT work. Details here: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/showpost.php?p=13030316&postcount=28 Now can anyone here explain why my A4000 hangs and needs to be pow...

The demo file claims to still be there at http://www.filefreak.com/files/859367_i ... 20Demo.mp3 but you have to sign up (with CC #) to DL it. Perhaps someone braver than I...

Now you can get a SP808 with a functioning CF-card reader. You can't post this without also providing the exact brand and model # of the CF reader, as well as where you got it. That's just evil. [edit] It appears to be this: http://www.mpcstuff.com/akai-mpc-2000xl-mcd-drive-kit-hot-swappable-used-b...

I got one for $25 last spring with 2 boxes of sample floppies. I've never seen anyone ask for anything close to $450 for one.