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On Sun, 21 Sep 97 10:46:19 , you wrote: I wrote: >> My PCMCIA drive is a Maxtor MobileMax 131MB drive double spaced to >>250MB. >Isn't compression a hassle, and also slows down the performance? >Also, does anyone here (besides myself) use an ATA Flash RAM card >for use as extra storage? Actually, I've never been able to detect a drop in performance using compression. I think part of this is because the platters are so small, so there's not a lot of seek time and such. Btw, there are 131MB MobileMaxs like mine posted on the net for $50-100USD, and there's someone auctioning some off on an auction site (that "ebay" one, I've only stopped by once so don't have it marked) with a starting bid of $50. As for external kits, when I shopped around for one, the best I could find was $100 (MegaHaus). Not bad, but when you consider it was for a used 85MB hard drive, it was hardly as cost effective as my pc card drive (which I bought a couple of years ago for $85). epbrown Stop by the Portable Computing Center for reviews, editorials, and the FAQ on laptop computers. http://www.enteract.com/~epbrown Laptop: Kiwi 680TX