2 Jul
2008
2 Jul
'08
10:57 p.m.
On 2 Jul 2008 at 22:52, cctalk-request at classiccmp.org wrote:
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 23:19:42 -0400
From: "Evan Koblentz"
I don't know what you mean by "ST1".
But I had an IBM 340MB CF
Microdrive when they were brand new. It still works.
The Seagate line are all labeled "ST1 Drive". On closer inspection,
it looks as if a bunch of Chinese merchants are trying to use refurb
units to sell their USB-to-CF adapters.
Best to stick with a US vendor, methinks.
I'm working on a project that would normally take a standard (i.e.
flash) CF card, but I'm debugging code and I'd like to use something
that was a little more tolerant of repeated writing.
Cheers,
Chuck
2 Jul
2 Jul
11:21 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
The IBM Microdrive 340MB CF cards are actually tiny hard drives, with
substantially higher write tolerance (ie. the same as any hard drive).
I use them wherever possible in my vintage IBM PCs and clones wherever
possible, since they're cheap and fast.
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I don't
know what you mean by "ST1". But I had an IBM 340MB CF
Microdrive when they were brand new. It still works.
I'm working on a project that would normally take a standard (i.e.
flash) CF card, but I'm debugging code and I'd like to use something
that was a little more tolerant of repeated writing.
11:40 p.m.
Jim Leonard wrote:
Chuck Guzis wrote:
The IBM Microdrive 340MB CF cards are actually tiny hard drives, with
substantially higher write tolerance (ie. the same as any hard drive). I
use them wherever possible in my vintage IBM PCs and clones wherever
possible, since they're cheap and fast.
Sorry! I didn't see the original post. You already knew this.
Yes, I have had excellent experiences with my 340MB CF microdrives, and
if you cough up the auctions you're seeing, I will buy more :-)
--
Jim Leonard (trixter at oldskool.org) http://www.oldskool.org/
Help our electronic games project: http://www.mobygames.com/
Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/
A child borne of the home computer wars: http://trixter.wordpress.com/
I
don't know what you mean by "ST1". But I had an IBM 340MB CF
Microdrive when they were brand new. It still works.
I'm working on a project that would normally take a standard (i.e.
flash) CF card, but I'm debugging code and I'd like to use something
that was a little more tolerant of repeated writing.
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