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Re: Carte Blanche
On Apr 4, 7:48 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> Simon D. Williams wrote:
> > While I agree that CF pretty much makes all that stuff obsolete, I still
> > have a stack of 20 - 40 MB external SCSI drives that could be quite
> > useful if not for the exorbitant prices SCSI cards generally fetch.
>
> > I wouldn't say it's a priority, but I also don't think the idea should
> > be dismissed out of hand.
>
> The great thing about a "soft" solution like the Carte Blanche is that
> you can load it up as a SCSI controller when you need one, but not have
> a sunk cost when you don't.
And as you mentioned: your SCSI has been cold _since_ you moved the
image to CF. If someone needs to image a SCSI drive, it would be nice
to be able to _download_ the card rather than buy it! ;-)
Cheers,
Nick.