On 11 Nov 2004 at 23:38, Ryan K. Brooks wrote: > Seems to be a warning regarding microdrives in these. FYI- I modified > my x-drive to use an outboard battery pack of AA's and added a switch to > the chassis. Turned out the voltage fluctuation was too great with > both the microdrive and internal disk being accessed- made for some not > too pretty sounds and also neat sags on the o-scope. Therefore, I > wouldn't recommend one uses microdrives in one of these. YMMV,
Agreed, but I'd extend it to: I wouldn't recommend one uses microdrives. It scares the hell out of me every time I have to change them in the field in dubious light or physical conditions, then when I pop it out of my card reader I'm always thinking whoa did I grab that too hard. I'm trading to solid state as soon as possible. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
