Re: [NTLK] Hard Drive w/ Newton?

From: Mechcozmo (mechcozmo_at_gmail.com)
Date: Fri May 27 2005 - 17:50:12 PDT

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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. 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!

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