In article <769c5f2c-82bc-4373-8441-(E-Mail Removed)>, KR <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>On Apr 7, 6:17=A0am, Winniethep...@100acrewoods.net (GMAN) wrote:
>> In article <qjbun7l2foilv9a553g6o0gjdfu9791...@4ax.com>, Allen Drake <ALD=
>r...@Spamex.com> wrote:
>> >On Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:37:27 GMT, Winniethep...@100acrewoods.net
>> >(GMAN) wrote:
>>
>> >>In article <123e62b0-f7a6-4afc-a31b-7293b33f5...@a8g2000pbe.googlegroup=
>s.com>,
>> > KR <kenreed1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>On Apr 6, 7:08=3DA0am, Flasherly <Flashe...@live.com> wrote:
>> >>>> (if not tomorrow)
>>
>> >>>>http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...16822145575&T=
>pk...
>> >>>....
>>
>> >>>It connects in the same way as a compact flash card. =A0You would need
>> >>>to get a CF to IDE adaptor from Ebay
>>
>> >>>Note that you would also need a motherboard with an IDE header, which
>> >>>are becoming rare these days.
>>
>> >>>IF you use a standard USB card reader, you will find most are only USB
>> >>>1, and will take forever to boot, or to save stuff to.
>>
>> >>>I thought that these "microdrives" had gone out years ago. =A0Standard
>> >>>CF cards are now available in 64 GB and probably 128GB by now.
>>
>> >>No, these 6GB drives in the link are ZIF connectors. Its a flat cable. =
>It is
>> >>not a CF type connector. it is NOT a microdrive!!!!!
>>
>> > It =A0IS a micodrive. It can not be used or connected to a computer in
>> >any way. It =A0can only be used as a replacement drive for an old Ipod.
>>
>> No it is not a Compact Flast type connecter, it has the same interface us=
>ed in
>> a small laptop i have from HP , an HP Compaq 2510p laptop.
>>
>> It uses a ZIF flat ribbon connector, not a CF type pin connector. Its a f=
>lat
>> ribon cable
>>
>> Look at the end of the cable on this webpage
>>
>> http://www.aliexpress.
>> com/fm-store/805322/210946437-456019362/Free-shipping-Hard-Disk-Drive-Con=
>necto
>> r-Cable-For-HP-COMPAQ-ELITEBOOK-2510p.html
>>
>> A Microdrive has two rows of pins.
>
>
>@Gman
>
>If that is the case, I stand corrected.
>
>First glance It looked much like the microdrives of a decade ago,
>which were a CF compatible package, but on
>closer examination of that pic, it seems to be the wrong dimensions,
>and has not got the alignment grooves
>on the sides like a CF card has.
>
>
>
>
>For the OP.
>
>You can use a CF card in place of a hard drive in a PC. I have done
>this several times
>in the past for devices where there was not much drive space needed,
>and a hard drive was not
>desirable for reliability reasons. (Was running Win XP)
>We used an IDE to CF adaptor, and plugged straight into an IDE port.
>There are also PCI, Sata and
>USB versions of these adaptors, but have never used them, only seen
>them online.
>
>Speed is ok, but not as fast as a hard drive.
>
>There would be lots of forums you could google about setting up car
>PC's that could help with this
>
>You can likely do same with USB thumb drives now, though have not
>tried it..
>
>
>
>These days though with SSD drives becoming more and more affordable,
>there might not be much point in mucking around.
>
>CF cards of the 6 GB size mentioned in the OP and the CF adaptor would
>probably be cheaper,
>but whether it is worth the hassle is another matter.
>
Alot of people did just that with their Atari Falcon computers. They removed
the small IDE drive out and placed a CF to IDE adapter in the unit.
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