[Thinkpad] Re: PC card follies, TP 560x, PCMCIA Type II HDD?

>> >> If I have my 1Gb Toshiba CF card as D: the computer
>> >> doesn't show a 512 Mb Sandisk CF card in the second slot.
>
> Ever consider a 5GB Toshiba PCMCIA Type II HDD?
>

I had seen the PCMCIA hard drives and noted that the cost per Gb seems
to be considerably less than CF cards.

However I've gone to a fair bit of trouble to remove all the rotating
disks from my 560x to make it a Solid State zero spindle (well one
spindle if you count the external floppy drive) computer so a hard drive
solution (even a small cheap hard drive) doesn't appeal to me.

I'm just puzzled because it seems that no one has larger CF cards for
sale. When I was shopping Ebay for my current 1Gb CF card I saw a lot of
2 GB cards and a few 4 Gb cards. Now I'm seeing mostly 1 Gb with a few 2
Gb cards. Has something happened to the supply?

The other puzzle is why my 560x (Win98Lite) won't recognize two cards at
once. Presumably the Toshiba HDD would have the same problem being
recognized as the SanDisk 512 Mb card. I suspect that it's an inherent
flaw in Win98 but I'm open to being proved wrong by someone with a 560x
and a couple of large cards.

Anyway I have a 512 Mb card that would provide a reasonable amount of
storage if only I could get it to be recognized while the Viking 1Gb
card is mounted. They work together in Win 2K so that's the direction
I'm leaning towards.

-- 
Andrew in Ann Arbor
technology is the answer, what was the question?
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