Oracle wrote:
With CF true IDE mode you can also use a microdrive (it allow more write cycles).
Yes, but it's pretty hard to run out of write cycles on modern flash memory. They advertise a million cycles or so these days. The IDE requires a lot more wires - probably an extra CPLD or several 74XX chips to latch and switch 16 bits of data. Not that big a deal, but should be taken into account. -Alex.