ssd in ms-dos pc...?
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Solved by AshleyAshes,
CompactFlash is electrically identical to the IDE interface, it just needs a passive pinout adaptor. So with a simple CF to IDE adaptor, you can use a CF card natively on any system that supports IDE. So to make it clear; CF cards are solid state IDE drives, they just have a different pinout. Legacy systems have no problems interfacing with CF cards.
It's even a common modification on older arcade machine restorations, machines that used HDDs to store game data on, to make a new image on a CF card and install that, making a 20+ year old arcade machine solid state rather than relying on a mechanical HDD.
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