How to give your nano 200 GB of storage

Aka, "how to void your warranty and demolish your iPod for a few chuckles." Some enterprising young fellow has figured out how to take a 200 GB IDE drive and jack it in to the nano. Sure, the battery only lasts 6 seconds, but you've got a million songs in your winter coat pocket! Naturally, it's a little vague on the "how to attach an ATA interface to your nano," perhaps because that's like, so not possible... To my eyes, those red wires look like a certain brush in Painter...

But it's fun to look at. Next time your Mac-hating friends complain about the iPod (or Mac) being a closed system, no fun to hack, etc., point them to this crazy thing. Don't feel too guilty when they ruin a perfectly good nano trying to solder wires onto it's labyrinthine SMT board though.
 

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