> 5. PCMCIA HD card 89MB and a 174MB card which I use as emergency drive > 6. IBM Travelstar 8E replaced with 20GB HD
> both of these now can be replace with Firewire external if I wanted As far as emergency drive goes, let's not forget that these new machines have an optical drive. It's more reliable to carry a boot CD (which you could always get from a computer store in a pinch) than an emergency boot drive. Also, I keep (on my iBook) a small partition with an emergency system folder and utilities if starting up fails for some reason. (Of course, I can't always select it if the computer isn't starting up, but it can be done with some Open Firmware trickery, and I think if it were the first partition it would be the default after zapping PRAM.) This strategy may not work as well if I don't have 9 available, but still... For storage, I have a nice little bus-powered 20 GB FireWire drive now, I just took the drive out of my PCMCIA enclosure and put it in a $27 FireWire enclosure (superpcparts.com). MUCH faster. > 7. Road Rocket card 12" G4 supports dual monitors natively, no hack needed. You do need a dongle, but I guess that the Road Rocket does too. > I thought I had other PC card but this was all so I see no reason to >have a PC card slot now. That was the conclusion I came to -- the only time I want my PC Card slot is for things like Wireless WAN (not 802.11) like a GPRS card. If anyone ever really deploys a true wireless-anywhere internet solution, it will probably require a card like this, but perhaps someone will come out with a USB module too. Any other "new" technology which comes out on a PC card card would be an issue as well. > Ralp Mawyer you talked about a SCSI to Firewire converter I haven't >seen any info on those. I have 2 different USB/SCSI converter would be >interested in a Firewire/SCSI converter. I too was interested in this but I found that actually I have zero need for my SCSI devices any more. Zip's I just don't need anymore. CD burners, I mean what I've got now is so much faster, and they're cheap. Once you've used FireWire and USB, SCSI just seems like the biggest pain. Ivan. ---------- 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>
