30 Jan
2014
30 Jan
'14
8:19 p.m.
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Jason T <silent700 at gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Al Kossow <aek at
bitsavers.org> wrote:
Agreed. If they were cheap enough, I'd buy 10. Practically speaking,
I'm more likely to buy 3-4. It's tempting to consider a domestic run
of boards but it would take a large volume to get the cost under $30
each.
Just saw this on Erik's web site, and
hadn't seen it mentioned here
http://www.codesrc.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=SCSI2SD
Very cool - only problem is, a lot of us will need a couple dozen of them :) Would also be nice to see a 2.5" interface (or
convertor?) for it, for
fans of old Powerbooks, Sun Voyagers and whatever else used that
format. There is a SCSI to IDE convertor out there that sells for a
good deal more but that's the only solution I'm aware of.
That sounds like a reason to cut a second version of this sized for the purpose.
I'd also like to find a supply of inexpensive MicroSD cards smaller
than 4GB. The best I found from a few minutes of trolling eBay was
lots of 10 and 25 for around $2-3 each for 128MB or 256MB. I'd rather
find a lot of 25-50 for $1-$2 each. I certainly don't need to go out
and get a stack of 4GB MicroSD for $5-$6 retail if I'm not going to
use 90% of the capacity.
-ethan