Re: SCSI CompactFlash success

["Glenn Jones" <rg.jones@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