Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 00:10:19 +0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] solid state disk
>> http://www.magicram.com/IDEComapctFlash.htm > > forget them as well. Just called them, 0.4" or >10mm thick. > Won't fit the Librettos. Hmmm... 10.16mm... 9.5mm would be 0.374"... Following on from the previous discussion about the converters for CFcards to go in PCcard slots being just dumb pin-to-pin adapters, I'm guessing there's no reason other than available space and physical connection that would prevent you from using CFcard or PCcard format media to boot from, so long as it's IDE? So, I wonder if it might be possible to "adapt" one of these (ie modify, permanently, along with a Libretto) so that, by sacrificing one of the existing PCcard slots and with a bit of lateral thinking and a steady hand, you'd end up with one "real" PCcard slot where you previously had two, and convert the other into a "bootable" slot which the BIOS would "see" exactly where it now "sees" the OE HDD. The sacrificed/adapted slot would only then be any good for a bootable IDE (HDD or Flash, and could be PCcard, or CFcard format plus an adapter) device, but it would give you an instant removeable/swapable boot device, plus a choice of boot media, all in one go... I'd be interested to pursue this - anybody got the guts of a "broken" 100 or 110 they are ready to part with? I guess I don't need screen, keyboard, battery, HDD, etc; and I already have a dock, FDD, power supply, etc - so anything that would boot *if* it had a HDD, and was connected to a dock with a power supply and external keyboard / VDU... ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
