From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net)
Date: Fri Sep 20 2002 - 21:34:20 PDT
on 20/09/02 22:03, Ethan Clark at eclark_at_mac.com wrote:
>
>>> My portable computer has a pcmcia slot.
>>>
>>> Is there any way that it can read a newton card from
>>> it?
>>
>> Nope. No way. Sorry. Totally different formats. Your laptop will most
>> likely want to format the card (into a different format).
>
> Wouldn't it just be possible to write a filesystem driver for OS X, so that
> at the very least, the OS didn't offer to format the card (say, just pop up
> a message stating that it's a Newton-formatted card?)
Possible. I'm wondering with all the work that Paul did with the ATA driver
and the knowledge he has acquired if it would be possible to write a driver
that would enable access to the card. It's certainly possible.
-Laurent.
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