Re: These new mass storage cards

["GarberStreet" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

Forty Two <FourtyTwo@NoAddress.invalid> wrote in message
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: I have been eyeing two possible mass storage options:
:
:
http://dreher.net/?s=projects/CFforAppleII&c=projects/CFforAppleII/main.php
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: http://www.wbwip.com/shh/microdrv.html
:
: 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.

I have had pretty much experience with both and I carry the
MicroDrive card. I have them with CF card adapters and they
can be partitioned just like a hard drive, any way you like. The
CFFA is great too, but they partition the card with 32MB sized
partitions until there is not enough and makes the last one less.
So you get with a 128MB CF card 3 x 32MB and one 26.5.
The Microdrive comes with separate utilities for partitioning.
The CFFA does not. It is automatic when the computer sees
it. About the same price so it's really up to you which one you
get, although I believe the Microdrive CF card adaptation is
faster. I haven't completed the testing on them yet, but all of
the indications show that it is 10-15% faster than the CFFA.
Joachim is designing a CF adapter that will allow you to use
possibly 2 CF cards, one master, and one slave, or one CF
and a hard drive. I am looking into the possibility of a driver
for the IIgs that will let you use IDE CD-ROM drives. If I
can't program it myself, I'll see if I can get help, or better yet
get someone to actually program it for me. Of course, this is
your choice which you get. I won't try to coerce you in any
way. I support both venues.  :o)

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