Re: SCSI CompactFlash success

["Phil Abel" <phil_nospam4you_abel@prodigy.net>]

It is a MicroTech International DPAP-SCSI-MAC.  Box has a 1998 copyright on
it so it is a somewhat dated model.  Used a "Dane-Elec" Type I PCMCIA to CF
adapter and a Lexar 16mb 8x CF card.  Tested with a Rev C SCSI card in a Rom
03 GS.  Just tested it in ProDOS 8 and that was ok too.  Intend to test on
my RAMFast machine once I get around to it.   Yes I would be curious to see
if something like a PCMCIA Type III Hard Drive (actual HDD not a solid state
memory card) would work in it.  The drive can fit type I, II and III cards
anyway.  The unit isn't much bigger than a Palm Pilot so it is nice and
compact-- in the quest for a low footprint GS this is certainly a nice
change to the big SCSI cases I have cluttering up my desk.


"Glenn Jones" <rg.jones@rogers.com> wrote in message
news:jr9sa.38684$M81.6306@news02.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> "Phil Abel" <phil_nonospam_abel@nonospam_prodigy_nonospam.net> wrote in
> message news:wl9sa.193$wT4.39513135@newssvr15.news.prodigy.com...
> > I just had success getting a SCSI compactflash memory card reader to
work
> on
> > my GS and thought I would share the specifics--
> >
> > 1) Picked up an external SCSI PCMCIA memory card reader/writer off ebay.
> >
> > 2) Picked up a PCMCIA -> CompactFlash adapter plug
> >
> > 3) "Borrowed" a 16mb CF card from my digital camera and crossed my
> fingers.
> >
> > GS/OS recognized the CF drive right away.  I put down a 16MB ProDOS
> > partition with no problems.  Did some sample read/write/delete ops with
no
> > problems.  Took awhile to put down the initial low level format, but I/O
> is
> > pretty fast.  GS/OS recognizes it as a fixed drive, so as far as I can
> tell
> > it would require a restart if I wanted to change media.  But I now have
CF
> > capability for about $20-$25 in parts.  Since the drive is PCMCIA I
assume
> I
> > could have used any PCMCIA drive, possibily even a type III PCMCIA hard
> > drive.
> >
> > Not sure what I will use it for...  Maybe when bigger CF cards get a
> little
> > cheaper, it will be a good back up device.  Fun project anyway.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Phil, could you specifiy the brand of parts you used and the type of SCSI
> adapter you have in your IIgs?
>
> Hmmm, a IBM microdrive with the PCMCIA adapter might also work.......
>
> Thanks
>
> Glenn
>
>