Re: What if we built an 8-bit Apple II...

["brad" <mrbrad@ll.net>]

yeah i was looking at the cool factor...placing 254mb usb pens in my pocket
and moving data around is kinda cool when you remember 10mb siders going for
999 bucks

what like with a 1 gig hd usb pen ..you could carry around all ? the apple
// stuff ever made?....(how much apple // stuff size was ever made for the
// line?)

anyway ...just from a geek point of view it would be keen....

brad
former sysop lost-gonzo.com




"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
20040918122436.15036.00003557@mb-m02.aol.com">news:20040918122436.15036.00003557@mb-m02.aol.com...
> brad wrote:
>
> >what i'd like to see is a bare bones empty card with a usb slot that i
could
> >just plug my usb scandisk pen into...viola instant 128mb hd found..or
> >above....pop it into usb type port in back of apple // ..remove ..walk it
> >over to //gs usb card port...
> >
> >would not have to be 'true' usb i'd settle for just guick and easy way to
> >swap these for use as neato hds....
> >
> >but tech prob would not be feasable...but cool
>
> Although the form factor may not be as cool, and you can't hot swap
> them, the CFFA card provides otherwise the same flexibility and more
> capacity with CompactFlash cards.
>
> -michael
>
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