>Subject: [Duo2400] Re: First Questions >Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:38:01 -0500 >From: Ivan Drucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>3b. Are there an pre-cardbus pc-card harddrives? > >All PC Card hard drives that I know of are non-Cardbus, including things >like CF cards in adapters, but I can't swear by this. I think the PC Card >ATA spec does not require Cardbus. In any case, there are lots of >non-Cardbus drives. There are some drives out there that even predate >Cardbus, in sizes like 40 or 80 MB (but wouldn't you rather use a 256 MB >CF card?). I believe even the Toshiba 5, 10, and 20 GB drives that are >used in the iPod are plain old PCMCIA (not Cardbus). > Those Toshiba drives are not compatible enough to be used as boot drives AFAIK. I bought one of their 2GB drives last year and had a hellish time trying to find out why I couldn't boot any powerbook with it while I could boot up fine using the 1GB IBM Microdrive. IIRC it had something to do with an incompatibility with Apple's PCMCIA controller/manager (sorry I can't recall the correct nomenclature). The Toshiba folks were of no help whatsoever. I ended up selling the drive to a peecee user who said it worked fine for him.
>I never had a great deal of luck with these old small drives in my 2400 >(the last time I tried was years ago however), they sometimes seemed to >hang it until ejected, which was a result of them drawing too much power. >I bought a PCMCIA hard drive enclosure from MCE which was externally >powered, and that always worked great. CF cards also worked fine for me. > >Ivan. Me too. I still use those MCE enclosures. Very handy. Bob F ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
