- quoted from today - Chad Fernandez:
>I didn't know they were any different than a desktop drive besides
>size. How big is it anyways? Dimensionally, I mean.
It's a 2.5 (as opposed to 3.5) About the size of 12 playing cards in
a tight stack. It was represented as a 2.5, and off the top of my
head I thought "sounds about right". I had bought from this source
twice previous and knew of several other people's dealings (all good)
with him, so I really didn't think twice until I opened the package and
saw it. Then I knew.. Derrrrr..
>Plug and play is different than a Winmodem. Plug and play means that
>the computer will sort out the Iraqis and comma ports (aren't spell
>checkers fun :-). I have a Hayes modem that will let me choose.... if I
>could get the thing to work at all, between plug and play, and
>configuring by jumpers. Winmodems are actually partially implemented >in
software, rather than hardware, so you have to run Windows for it
>to work :-(
Ah. Yes I started out with a 1200baud Hayes in an 8088. My question
was aimed towards availability of non-plugnplay modems at this point
in time. I believe a USRobotics Sportster is non-pnp, but way expensive.
>I would give arachne another spin. I downloaded it about 3 weeks ago,
>for the first time. I believe I read somewhere that they had been
>working on the initial setup process. It didn't take me too long to get
>my ISP dialed up. Using Arache is a bit different compared to Netscape,
>which is what I normally use, but work very well.
I tried Arachne about 6mos ago, parts of the interface were not English
language if I remember correctly. I got thoroughly confused, especially
trying to run the setup.
Like yourself, I'm curious about which CDRW to get.
- and from Yolanda:
>The drives on my NEC laptops (good one and a spare for parts) are >about
the size of a poker deck of playing cards. They are housed in a
>nice little plastic and metal casing inside of which is what looks much
>like a typical but small IDE drive, manufacturer's lable and all. THere
>is a small circuit board to make a connector adapter, but the connector
>on both the drive and the housing are much different from those found >on
my desktop drives. There are 52 pins and the connector is very
>small. One would have a difficult time finding a way to put this into
>one's desktop machine without a lot of soldering and fussing about.
>To install it in it's proper place, one simply slips it into the slot, give
>a firm push, and it quietly clicks into place.
Sounds almost like the PCMCIA cards I use in my HP palmtop, but the
PCMCIA cards have no exposed circuitry. I haven't counted the pins,
but I'm pretty certain there's more than 50. These cards are a little
smaller than a playing card and again about 12 times as thick. Are
you saying that the cards you have are as thick as a full deck?
The laptop drive has a 44pin connector very similar to the 40 you'd find
on a standard PC hd, but 4 pins more follow a small gap from pin 40.
I was able to locate & purchase an adapter today that will allow for
installation in an open bay on the PC. $8.45 to my door. Now I'm
wondering, if it needs a low-level, where to find the software.
Thanks for the replies.
Tom L. McCoy
Fontana, CA
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