Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 19:38:43 +0700
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] solid state disk

> 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.

Answering my own question...  maybe not...  I just saw this:-

<> Compared to a 68-pin PCMCIA card, a CF card has 50 pins but still
<> conforms to ATA specs. It can be easily slipped into a passive 68-pin
<> PCMCIA Type II to CF Type I adapter that fully meets PCMCIA
<> electrical and mechanical interface specifications.

I should have just counted the pins myself!  ;-)




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