On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:47:48 +0000, Matt Dainty
<matt@bodgit-n-scarper.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 14:34, Andy Ruhl wrote:
> > Note that it
> > might still work if you use a CF card reader in the PCMCIA slot...
> 
> ICBW but I thought that CF and PCMCIA are basically the same technology
> such that a CF->PCMCIA adapter is merely altering the connector.
> Certainly the two adapters I have were so cheap I can't believe they
> have any IDE/ATA logic in them.

Hmm...

Based on reading about the drives, I *think* it's possible that some
PCMCIA to CF adapters are capable of doing this. Maybe these are newer
cardbus adapters though, don't know. People are reporting that they
work, anyway. Don't know which ones.

USB card readers apparently are capable, because to work around being
accused of selling stuff that doesn't work, some of these people
selling these Seagate drives with "incompatible" firmware are
including USB card readers with the drives to prove that they work.

I'm looking at the 4 gig Hitachi ones for now. If I need more storage
than that I can always add it later via USB.

Thanks!

Andy