From: Tim Rightnour <root@garbled.net>
Subject: IBM Microdrives
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 09:43:05 -0700 (MST)

> I've been plotting to buy myself an HPCmips machine for awhile now.  Most
> likely a NEC MobilePro 770 or 800.  But I want a truly mobile platform..  NFS
> mounted root/usr won't cut it.   Has anyone tried an IBM Microdrive (340MB)?
> What would that do to my power consumption?

Microdrive can work on IBM Workpad z50.
In Japan,NEC machine support microdrive this winter version model
which has 168MHz CPU clock.

> Also.. If anyone has the 770 or the 800.. I'd appreciate hearing how usable the
> machines are.  What I want is a mobile micro-laptop.  I want somehting that
> isn't a burden to carry around (laptops are not portable IMHO), and isn't a
> pain to use for extended periods of programming.

I use 128M CF,base+kern+etc package = 68% usage.
From 770/800 japanese model,I can use ssh login to cvs.netbsd.org
and commit some codes.

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jun ebihara