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On Sat, 13 Sep 1997 00:52:20 EDT, you wrote: >If anyone wants, I just got a mailing from Surplus direct >that someone might want. Also, I saw that they have PCMCIA >Western DIgital 40MB drives. Does anyone here have one of >these, or another brand and/or size of PCMCIA hard drive? >Pros/cons? And is Western Digital any good now (I can quote 3 >people, including myself that WD used to pump out inovative junk). I've got a couple: a MobileMax 131MB and a Viper 340 (compressed to 650MB). So far, the pros have been: durable as all get out works as fast as a normal HDD. *much* more portable than any other media, considering size/weight/performance. fairly easy to get working in various M$ OSes. The cons are: expensive, in most cases drains battery life requires pc card drivers, which complicates using them for back-up and other crash-protection measures epbrown Stop by the Portable Computing Center for reviews, editorials, and the FAQ on laptop computers. http://www.enteract.com/~epbrown Laptop: Kiwi 680TX