Re: easy project? IBM Microdrive

[Chris Morse <chris@sorry.no.spam.com>]

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 03:38:59 GMT, Mike Spurgeon <mike@spurgeon.net>
wrote:

>Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>> Ed Eastman asked:
>> 
>> 
>>>But how do you interface it to an Apple II?
>> 
>> 
>> Presumably, by using a CFFA card.
>
>That would have been my answer.  First one out there that tries 
>it, report back.
>
>For $44 at Pricewatch (Consumer Depot - including shipping), 
>someone will/should.
>
>http://www.pricewatch.com/
>
>follow the bouncing ball thru storage/hard drives

Not to sound "negative" about it, but why use a microdrive when you
can use a compact flash card?  A CF card has no moving parts and would
long out-live a microdrive.  Yeah, the Compact Flash option is a
little more expensive right now.. 340MB IBM Microdrive for $44 -vs-
256MB Viking CF Card for $40, or 512MB CF Card for $102.

Personally, I would go with the "no moving parts" method.. And no
adapters needed with the Apple II CFFA card.

// CHRIS