Thanks for those specs Da_Blitz, but
"CF cards can do IDE emulation but CF sockets can only do CF"
just confused me, Are you saying that a simple CF to IDE cable wouldn't work for adding a CDRW/DVD drive but if it had some electronics integrated it could be possible or is the whole idea a no-go? It would be a shame if its not possible because 16MB/s is a damn sight better than the 1.5MB/s offered by USB1.1
If its a no for CF2, does CF3 allow the use of optical IDE drives with an adapter? I've been told that CF has exactly the same pin-out as IDE