"M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote in message 
news:20050220.225201.91610257.imp@bsdimp.com...
> In message: <1108910868.3737.5.camel@lister.bodgit-n-scarper.com>
>            Matt Dainty <matt@bodgit-n-scarper.com> writes:
> : 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.
>
> That's correct.  CF has fewer I/O pins that PC Card, and the CF to PC
> Card adapters just wire things up.
>
> Warner

And on this matter, I just got a Sandisk Flash disk, with a 2.5" hdd 
formfactor and pin config. I opened up the casing to find a pccard flash 
card inside, connected to a pcb which only does electrical assignments. No 
chips whatsoever. And this is from pccard->ide!!

-Robin