From: William Van Tuyl (wvantuyl_at_mynewroads.com)
Date: Sat Oct 20 2001 - 10:28:14 EDT
And the site is???
Bill
Jeff Knowlton wrote:
> I accidentaly discovered an IDE to Compact Flash adapter that may be what
> you are looking for.
>
> from the site:
>
> Easy way to replace hard disk drives with solid state storage in existing
> systems.
>
> Transparent to the operating system, does not require any drivers - looks
> just like a (small) IDE hard disk drive. Same mounting hole locations as
> bottom holes of hard disk drive. Board size 2x4".
>
> Apearantly it lets you replace a hard drive with a Compact Flash and the
> only limit is the Compact Flash budget that you set for yourself:) The
> board itself is only U$20.
>
> jeff
>
> >
> > Jonathan Berry wrote:
> >
> > > Has anybody invented non-volatile memory (at a reasonable
> > > price) that you can boot from like a hard drive?
> > >
> > > Let's say something in the form factor of a hard drive,
> > > with 1 GB or more of storage? Instant-on, always on, silent
> > > turn your old 701 into a super palm computer...
> > >
> > > or more conventionally, a PCMCIA card that you can boot from.
> > > And a BIOS upgrade that would support it.
> > >
> > > --
> > > cheers
> > > Jonathan Berry
> > > http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/ to know more than you want
> >
> >
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