I did this back in the day on my old se/30 mac (circa 1989). I used a scsi to CF adapter and installed various OSes on it including System 6, System 7.x, BSD and Linux. Since the machine was so old I couldnt measure any speed difference.
I am not sure you will get a huge speed bump and you may be limited by the limited number of read writes that CF cards have (which isnt an issue for cameras, but for OS use it may be). Some people use these for embedded systems that will load mostly into memory. DIY wireless routers use such technologies. The big benefit would be no moving parts. If this computer will be mounted in your car, it would be able to withstand shocks better. On 2/7/09, Robert McElwee <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone ever use one of these? I'm wondering how an adapter and a cheap CF > memory card would perform (speed wise) compared to a laptop hard drive. The > drive I'd like to replace is an "old" "slow" 6GB drive so I'm guessing that > this would be faster but I don't have a clue. > > http://www.startech.com/item/CF2X2IDE25-2.5-IDE-to-Dual-Compact-Flash-CF-Adapter-Solid-State-Dual-Compact-Flash.aspx > > -- > Robert McElwee and Blue Flash > "The 50 MPG Miata" > www.lightweightmiata.com/blue > > Lightweight Miata Forum: > www.lightweightmiata.com/forum > > The Miata Trailer Project: > www.lightweightmiata.com/trailer > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
