My 386 laptop HD is dead. The solution: an IDE to CF adapter

Jim Leonard wrote: Yep! There are only two drawbacks to microdrives: - Slower than real flash - Can't use 6000+ feet above sea level (lack of air pressure can make the drive go wonky or, rarely, break it) -- Jim Leonard --------------------------- I have to strongly dispute this; The IBM (later Hitachi) MicroDrive was rated at 10K feet. I did competitive testing on it and the Seagate 1" drive and both had no problems at 10K feet. In fact both + the WD 1" drive work fine well past 10K feet. Come to that, Maxtor, Miniscribe, IBM and DEC built drives in Colorado well above 6000 feet. Apple used to have a factory at Fountain (6400 feet). So this simply isn't true. The biggest customer of the MicroDrive - Apple iPods - work great on the ski slopes. They also work great in Reno at 7000+ feet. I can personally vouch for this and I'm certain others on the list can too. They also work fine on airplanes, which are pressurized at 8000 feet. I have never heard of a drive breaking because of altitude. Rarely, you get a head gimbals or suspension problem that doesn't like 9000+ feet. But that is a defective drive, not the rule. All drive vendors and many OEM buyers do extensive testing to ensure this. And all heads are testing for flying height before being installed in a drive. Finally, today's drives utilize Dynamic Flying Height technology which uses a heating element in the head to maintain constant controlled flying height. Altitude is not a problem with any drive on the market today. Billy