THIS IS NO ADVERT AND I PERSONALLY WILL NOT MAKE ANY MONEY ON THIS !
GURGEL ALSO DOES ONLY COVER THE DEVELOPMENT COST FOR THIS PROJECT !
It seems that the IDE Interface will be there for you guys to purchase from the 01.08.2006.
Gurgel (
www.hallenberg.com = IFA Creator ) ordered 250 circuit boards for Sagem, Philips and Nokia.
Due new electronic handeling laws
here and
here he will sell them as a Kit.
You might need to solder on the 40 Pin IDE port or a Status LED.
The Price will be around €50 for the actual Interface and I assume around €10 for shipping ( ~ £42 )
You will be able to connect straight away a 2.5" HDD without any extra Power supply and a 3.5" with the aide of an extra external Power supply ( not included as far as I am aware)
The Kit should also come with a mounting bracket for the HDD but this still needs to be confirmed.
The First Images to include the HDD Interface Drivers are going to be the JackTheGrabber Images as the creator of these helped with the development of the Drivers.
Later on the IDE Drivers etc. Hardware and Software for the CPU will be GPL and can be freely accessed via the CVS.
There might be other people than at a later stage (Multicam manufacturers ) who will flood the market with cheaper solutions but the initial sale will go trough Gurgel as he has the finacial risk as a single person.
He will accept Paypal for Payments and he will ship to the UK
To get registered to buy:
https://www.ssl-id.de/dboxservice-hallenberg.de/order.php
You then get an answer email:
Bestellvorgang dboxservice-hallenberg.de
Bitte klicken Sie auf den folgenden Link um den Bestellvorgang fortzusetzen.
It ask's you to click on the attached Link
This opens a new Site: (weiter means next)
Anrede -> Title (Herr=Mister,Frau=Mrs)
Name -> Last name
Vorname -> First name
Strasse -> Street Hausnr: -> Number
PLZ -> Postcode
Wohnort -> Town
Land -> Country (Grossbritanien)
Telefon -> 0044
You are then asked to choose a log in name
You then enter a password twice
You can then click on the Hyperlink to start the order and choose the
Wählen Sie die Auftragsart: The IDE Interface for your Boxtype
Zahlungsart : I would suggest Bar (Geld im Paket)
And then in Bemerkung at the bottom write him that you want to pay via Paypal.
He might sort this out on a later stage