I have a EZ135 on the Q40 running the BBS, it worked first time.
The Syquest sits on the secondary slave position and a CDROM on the
secondary master, with 2 hard drives on the primary.
I only used the Syquest because it is there... but a 250mb Zip drive would
be better. As the Zip cartridges are easily available.
But flash card storage is whaty is required. I have a 8mb flash card for a
Psion 3a, hot swapable and works realy well.
Pity that sort of thing could be not on the Q40
Derek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy Swenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Syquest and Q40 question
> At 09:06 PM 7/9/2001 +0200, Peter Graf wrote:
>
> >BTW I am successfully using CompactFlash as removable media for Q40/Q60.
> >Seems a very nice thing! Smaller than a QL microdrive cartridge, silent,
> >portable, and works under Q40 SMSQ/E and QDOS Classic *without* new
drivers!
> >
> >I use a special PCMCIA/CompactFlash-IDE adaptor. But attention, not
> >all CompactFlash-IDE adaptors work. There are also differences
> >between CompactFlash cards. This needs further investigation.
> >
> >CompactFlash has the disadvantage not to be well-suited for hot-plugging.
> >You have to switch off your machine when you change media. Fortunately
the
> >Q40/Q60 boots quite fast... and needs no shutdown under SMSQ/QDOS.
>
> How about letting us know exactly which model adapter you are using? Are
> there any that you have tested that have failed?
>
> I'd like to see a web page the covers all of the different hardware that
> people have tried on the Q40. If we know exactly which ones work and
which
> ones fail, I'd be more willing to go further with the Q40 than just
relying
> on blind luck. I don't want to spend a week going to Fry's trying all
> sorts of cards seeing which ones work or not.
>
> BTW, I CompactFlash (aka Digital film) on the PC. The driver on the PC
> does not require a reboot when changing CompactFlash cards. It senses
when
> a new one is put in or one is taken out. I'm using a little USB-based
> adapter called Jump Shot made by Lexar (same folks that make the
> CompactFlash cards). The CompactFlash card is viewable from inside "My
> Computer" but it does not have a drive letter assigned to it. I'm
guessing
> the Adapter that Peter is using makes the CompactFlash look just like a HD
> or floppy.
>
> Tim Swenson
>
>
