Re: [NTLK] Hard Drive w/ Newton?

From: Goodwin, Greg P. (GoodwinG_at_aafes.com)
Date: Wed Jun 01 2005 - 05:28:53 PDT


        Microdrive or not, unless the Newton somehow speeds up the way
it accesses larger drives, and how it inputs information, large storage
areas on the Newton are pointless.=09

Greg Goodwin
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net] On Behalf Of Ron Sladky
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 6:43 PM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Hard Drive w/ Newton?

While this is true, MicroDrives are much more expensive and limited in=20
capacity than the 2.5" HDs the Datashuttle uses. What I was mainly=20
wondering was whether this adapter (or similar ones) could now or=20
eventually be able to work with these drivers to increase the Newton's=20
expandability. This was the only description I got of the item, so I do=20
not know the voltages. The biggest issue I thought would be whether it=20
were Cardbus (not compatible with the Newton), which I googled and=20
found out it was not. Has anyone tried something like this or similar=20
to hook up a hard drive (not microdrive) to your Newton? Thanks!

On May 27, 2005, at 11:58 PM, James Wages wrote:

> On 5/28/05 9:43 AM, Ron Sladky <rsladky_at_buckeye-express.com> wrote:
>> MCE DataShuttle
>
> Why not go with something smaller, like a MicroDrive? With Paul's ATA
> Support and a PCMCIA adapter, you can slide a hard drive INTO your=20
> Newton!
> I have done this, and it works great (but only with Paul's software).
> However, the speed is slower than Linear flash cards. Paul told me a=20
> number
> of months ago that he was working on the speed issue, so maybe ATA=20
> cards can
> indeed become as fast to access as Linear flash in the future. But=20
> only
> Paul can say for sure.
>
> Best,
>
> James Wages
>
>
> --=20
> This is the NewtonTalk list - http://www.newtontalk.net/ for all=20
> inquiries
> Official Newton FAQ: http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/
> WikiWikiNewt for all kinds of articles:=20
> http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/
>
>

On May 27, 2005, at 8:50 PM, Mechcozmo wrote:

> IIRC the Newton only accepts either 3.3V or 5V PCMIA cards. And if it
> did accept the card, would the Newton's formatting work for such a
> large device? Think HFS, which works for large drives but is very
> inefficient at them.
>
> Mechcozmo
>
> On 5/27/05, Ron Sladky <rsladky_at_buckeye-express.com> wrote:
>> This is an external drive case for a laptop (2.5" IDE) hard drive.=20
>> The
>> PC-Card data interface is hot-pluggable, bootable, and offers data
>> transfer rates of 2 to 5 MB per second, depending on the laptop.
>> Includes the empty drive enclosure, drive mounting hardware, PC-Card
>> connection cable and AC adapter.
>> What are the chances we could get this or something like it working
>> with the Newton (to hook up a HD to it)? Thanks!
> --=20
> This is the NewtonTalk list - http://www.newtontalk.net/ for all=20
> inquiries
> Official Newton FAQ: http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/
> WikiWikiNewt for all kinds of articles:=20
> http://tools.unna.org/wikiwikinewt/
>

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