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On Sun, 21 Sep 1997 21:40:00 GMT, epbrown wrote: >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 But again, the issue of compatibility comes up. What OSes does it work with? Also, does anyone think that there might be a reason I should not get that WD drive (besides WD's reputation)? Aren't most PCMCIA ATA drives the same, in terms of drivers, or are they all different? Maybe I will get a SCSI card instead, so I can use this FAST 524MB drive instead. Paul