I would like to make a series of statements here and appreciate
anyone's comments as to their truth or idiocy.
The IDE interface is not a true disk controller, like SCSI, it is more
like a memory mapping, with the the controller residing in the disk drive.
Either: PCMCIA is a true independent bus with its own controller chip set.
Or. PCMCIA is a 68 pin adaptation which must piggy back on PCI et.
al.
SanDisk, et all, produce a flash memory device in the PCMCIA form factor.
This device has IDE emulation logic built in (this is true).
SanDisk, et al, produce an adapter, converting the 68 pin flash memory
to a 50 pin IDE cable (also true).
A new form factor has emerged called Compact Flash (digital cameras,
50 pin ) which can also be treated as an IDE drive ( also true).
This is NOT a PCMCIA device (???)
DLink, et al, are putting a 802.11b wireless card with antenna on Compact
Flash.
Somewhere ?? there is an effort underway to provide access point software
on Linux for these IDE wireless cards. ??????
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