Is there a way to make the HDD LED in an Amiga 2000 work with the Vampire?
Manfred
Roy Gillotti
Posts 521 22 Feb 2018 00:26
Manfred Bergmann wrote:
Hi.
Is there a way to make the HDD LED in an Amiga 2000 work with the Vampire?
Manfred
There are a few methods I've seen, some people have tapped into a fet that's on one model of CF to IDE adapter, this to me is the hard way and it won't work on all solutions.
The other method is to actually use the IDE's Activity pin. This is pin 39, this pin is normally held low until there is activity. so you put the positive end on the LED on the +5V Logic VDD on the 44pin IDE connector and connect ground to pin 39. use a 300Ohm resistor in series with the LED and that is it.
The CF adapter I purchased had a PCB through hole connector which was easy to solder a connector to. If your using a real HDD, then pehaps you can modify a cable or something.