Re: CF with Ramfast

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Wayne Stewart <waynejstewart@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was trying to get an ide to compact flash adapter to work with an A-
> card SCSI to ide adapter. Didnt have any luck so I thought Id spring
> for one of those SCSI to Compact Flash adapters from Mechware. It
> arrived yesterday so Ive been busy. Looking for a system to copy over
> to it I pulled out a IIgs with a Vulcan HD and a ZipGS. First SCSI
> card I chanced upon was an Apple Hi-speed SCSI card. Worked well
> enough but the Vulcan was booting a bit faster. Dug out a Ramfast rev
> D and it did a lot better easily beating the Vulcan. Next I pulled out
> my CFFA card and copied its system over. Compared them and the
> Ramfast was a fair bit faster.
> A while back I ended up with a few 128mb CFs so thats what Ive been
> using but I know theres a lot faster CFs out there. Mainly 128mb is a
> little on the small side. Dont mind spending a few dollars but Im a
> little concerned with compatibility. Pulled a 4gb Lexar out of a 9600
> but that doesnt seem to be compatible. I can format it but when I
> copy to it the IIgs tends to crash. Unless someones got a suggestion
> of some currant CF, I guess I need to hunt down some older CFs.
> Probably I should have done this a few years back when smaller CFs
> were in the stores.

I'm also looking for a few name-brand, smaller CF cards, like 256MB, and
feel that I missed the "clearance sale" window. ;-)

The speed of the CFFA is, I believe, independent of the speed of the CF
card, since they are all faster than an Apple II can drive them. 

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