Re: easy project? apple scsi hd on a card ie..scsi expander

[salfter@salfter.dyndns.org.is.invalid (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <BC4EF273.4FE8%mpender@hotmail.com>,
M. Pender <mpender@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On 2/10/04 12:40 PM, in article B7mdnTwxZv5UirTdRVn-jA@comcast.com, "Bill
>Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Or this: Initial cost high, but, get CF to IDE adapter, then
>> IDE to SCSI, use CF cards. Might just be worth a try and solve
>> the long time problem of notebook drives becoming scarce.  8-)
>
>CF cards have a limited number of read/write cycles.

Microdrives don't have that limitation, and the smaller sizes are fairly
cheap (Pricewatch currently lists 340MB Microdrives starting at $44).  Their
power consumption should also be significantly less than even a 2.5" hard
drive.  Given the relatively weak power supplies in most Apple IIs (just
killed one last night in a moderately-loaded IIe), anything that keeps power
consumption down is a Good Thing.

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