Re: These new mass storage cards

[Eric Smith <eric-no-spam-for-me@brouhaha.com>]

Forty Two <FourtyTwo@NoAddress.invalid> writes:
> I have been eyeing two possible mass storage options:
> http://dreher.net/?s=projects/CFforAppleII&c=projects/CFforAppleII/main.php

It's awesome.  Definitely the way to go.

> http://www.wbwip.com/shh/microdrv.html

Have't looked at it.

> Does anybody have any experience with these? I find them both
> intriguing. Doesn't look like I am going to find any nifty ProFile
> drives complete with interface cards laying about.

Unless you're looking for historical authenticity, you are *really*
much better off with a CFFA card.  Many Profile drive mechanisms are
going bad these days; they weren't made to last 20 years.

No disk drive model is expected to have a high probability of working
after 20 years; the standard design life is 5 years.  Some models have
better longevity than others, and sometimes you just get lucky.  It's a
bathtub curve.  They don't all go bad at once, but after a particular
age (which is not predictable and varies depending on the model and
production lot) the probability of failure increases dramatically.

Eric