For anyone that cares!!.... I got chatting to a dude on EBay that was flogging a cool Compact Flash to ZIF adaptor card....
So.... It will be Adapter card + 16GB CF for OS and offloading the swap onto a 2GB SD card.... "Probably" :) On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Bryn Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Sean, > > It's a compaq 702EA.... of course because it's just out of warranty the > lovely folk at HP wont talk to me unless i pay em 15 quid.... and it appears > theyre not that common!. > > Cheers > Bryn > (doing 100 things at once!!!) > > > On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Sean Gibbins <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 30/09/10 16:08, Bryn Jones wrote: >> > Anyone know?... >> >> Hi Bryn, >> >> I probably know as much as you now, which is that we are discussing Zero >> Insertion Force and Low Insertion Force devices, where ZIFs have a >> clamping mechanism to secure a good, accurate connection with the cable >> and LIFs gently push into to a slot. It /looks/ like the cable is >> essentially the same regardless of which type you have, although at this >> point I'd add I'm no expert and that conclusion was arrived at by >> scanning posts on various forums. >> >> Perhaps another way to approach this is to ask which netbook we are >> discussing? (with a view to seeking out compatible LIF drives for it) >> >> Sean >> >> -- >> music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: >> >> www.funkygibbins.me.uk >> >> >> -- >> Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 >> Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ >> How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa >> > > -- Next meeting: Bournemouth? TBD, Wednesday 2010-10-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://bit.ly/4sACa
