We ran an article on Low End Mac a few weeks ago about running PowerBooks with PC Card slots from Compact Flash cards. There's an online article explaining how to hack a PowerBook 150, which normally uses an IDE hard drive, to run from Compact Flash.
Someone's even come up with a Compact Flash/IDE card for the old Apple II! <http://dreher.net/CFforAppleII/> I'd like to find a way to do this with my old Mac Plus, but Google searches for SCSI, Compact Flash, Mac, and bootable are not at all helpful. I think it would be incredibly cool to have a tiny SCSI enclosure that connects to the 25-pin SCSI port, has a pass-through for other devices, and holds a Compact Flash card. I don't think it would even need power, although I could be wrong. For simplicity, give it only 2 or 4 possible SCSI IDs. Maybe also a version for the 50-pin internal SCSI connector so it could be used in an SE or Classic. For a real challenge -- the oddball SCSI setup in the monstrous Mac Portable.... Maybe a three part project: 1. Compact Flash to 50-pin SCSI 2. External enclosure for #1 with 25-pin pass-through SCSI 3. Compact Flash to Mac Portable or 50-pin to Mac Portable The CF card wouldn't have to eject -- power down, disconnect the drive, remove the card if you need to change it. Lower capacity CF cards (32 MB and less) are cheap, and unlike hard drives, CF is silent (which is why I think the Mac Plus is the perfect candidate). It should also boot pretty quickly, since there's now pause while the drive spins up. Anyone know if such a device is or has been made? Or if it might be feasible for someone to undertake such a project if we could get 50 or 100 buyers? I think such a project could keep a lot of vintage Macs out of landfills. Let me know your thoughts.... Dan the listmom -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
