Microdrives can have variable amounts of storage. The first one I saw held 340 megabytes, that was about twelve years ago. I think they were originally designed for laptops. They now have 1gb, 2gb, 4gb, 5gb, and 6gb models, and that's only what I can think of off the top of my head. When the BrailleNotes first came on the scene in 2000, the microdrive was their only available method for storing large amounts of data. Incidentally, just to eliminate confusion, they don't make any process go faster as does memory on a PC, they are only for data storage.
HTH Sarah -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sarai D. Bucciarelli Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 2:48 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] 6.1 and PDI Its a five Gig card that goes in the PCMCIA slot of the BN. It adds five Gigs of memory to the BN. Five years ago it coast $250 but now I'm not sure. Toshiba makes it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Penny Reeder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] 6.1 and PDI Hi to both Sarahs, What does the microdriver do? What is the advantage in having it? And, how much does it cost? Thanks. Penny At 01:43 PM 3/8/05, you wrote: >microdriver ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
