Re: NTLK PC Card HD

From: John Powell (jmpowell@mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Nov 28 1999 - 00:41:02 EST


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> Does anyone know whether these PC Card external HD's work?
>> Here is one site that describes them http://www.cmsperipheralsinc.com/
>
>Nope, they don't.
>Hard drives are ATA style devices, which the Newton doesn't support - just
>like the newer style flash ROM cards. Somebody could, in theory, write
>drivers. But I doubt that it will happen; it's non-trivial, especially
>given the lack of useful documentation from Apple on low level stuff
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What about the compact Flash cards? Anyone try them with the PCMCIA adapter?

John M. Powell
johnpowell@mciworld.com
jmpowell@mindspring.com
 
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