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UPDATE: I have found a problem with v1.3 CPLD logic, that explains why these cards were not working. I will be sending out an email to all customers with more details.

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to let everyone know that I recently bought 3 256MB SanDisk cards and none of them work with my CFFA card. I had never tried that card size, but always assumed that since the 64 and 128 and 1G cards all worked that the 256MB card would work also. It doesn't!
This problem appears to affect both v1.2 and v1.3 CPLD logic.

I am currently looking for the problem with my logic analyzer, but my time is so limited, all I can say for now is don't use that card. Sorry.

Also, I have never tried the 512MB card, so I can't tell you if that works or not. I will post a follow up when I find out what is wrong with the 256MB cards and my CFFA.

I have two CFFA cards (v1.3 firmware) both with 512 MB SanDisk cards. Except for an apparent incompatibility with the "superdrive" controller, I have had no trouble with either.

Hi All...

I have found a serious problem with v1.3 CPLD logic that is currently shipping. Apparently in making improvments to v1.2 logic, I added some additional problems. These problems didn't show up on smaller devices, but were very apparent on the 256MB SanDisk card. I am testing a fix I made last night, and so far it looks very promising. The 256MB SanDisk card is working just fine now.

Hi All,

Well I was wrong about everything now working fine on the 256MB SanDisk cards. I am able to set up configurations were it fails consistantly with my latest logic. The problem relates to the number of other cards in the sytem, and it doesn't seem to matter what other cards they are. Just adding or removing a card will change the behavior of the 256MB CF card in the CFFA.

Just to follow up this thread....
The problem here is resolved with version 1.4 CPLD and the 3 jumper fix.
At first it appeared that I had fixed the problem with only a change to the CPLD, but that was only in my Apple IIgs. In my II+ and //e the addition of logic to latch the address lines and then use those latched versions via 3 jumpers was needed to get the CFFA card to work reliably with many CF cards.