Perhaps on an older machine?

[jronald]

Spotted this in my wanderings:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/44-Pin-Male-IDE ... id=2048038

Perhaps on an older machine?
Ron

[RealBlackStuff]

Probably only useful in an X40/X41 where drives are getting harder to find.

[dr_st]

The question is - does the device support high capacity and high speed SDXC cards? If so, it can be somewhat useful for any older machine, as SD cards tend to be a little better than rotational drives when it comes to small block access. See for example here:
http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/6746/s ... index.html
(4K speed of a mechanical drive, even a fast one, typically does not exceed 2MB/s, and for older machines will likely be <1MB/s).

If it does not support UHS-I (fast SD bus), which it probably does not, it means that it will be limited to ~20-25MB/s, which is less than most typical IDE drives. However, it may still be a little better in random access.