Re: SCSI CompactFlash success

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

"Willi Kusche" <willi@wilserv.com> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> "Phil Abel" <phil_nonospam_abel@nonospam_prodigy_nonospam.net> wrote in
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> > I just had success getting a SCSI compactflash memory card reader to
work on
> > my GS and thought I would share the specifics--
> > 1) Picked up an external SCSI PCMCIA memory card reader/writer off ebay.
> > 2) Picked up a PCMCIA -> CompactFlash adapter plug
> > 3) "Borrowed" a 16mb CF card from my digital camera and crossed my
fingers.
>
>     I had similar success with a Microtech PCD-47 SCSI reader/writer
> and an Apple DMA SCSI card.  I was able to pick up 64MB Compact Flash
> and SmartMedia cards for $15 each and was able to put two 32MB ProDOS
> partitions on each one.
>

This is cool stuff- I would imagine that Compact Flash cards are a lot more
reliable than hard disks.   Those may be the last working Apple II SCSI
drives.
-Paul