From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Dec 8 10:31:42 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA27268 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 10:31:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from persprog.com (root@persprog.com [204.215.255.203]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA27263 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 10:31:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dave@persprog.com) Received: by persprog.com (8.7.5/4.10) id NAA13093; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 13:24:47 -0500 Received: from dave.ppi.com(192.2.2.6) by cerberus.ppi.com via smap (V1.3) id sma013082; Mon Dec 8 13:24:18 1997 Message-ID: <348C3B4F.D11698F6@persprog.com> Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 13:24:15 -0500 From: Dave Alderman Reply-To: dave@persprog.com Organization: Personalized Programming, Inc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Poul-Henning Kamp CC: Mike Smith , Jim Shankland , hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISA-bus flash "IDE disks" sought References: <17434.881395038@critter.freebsd.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > In message <199712060504.PAA01814@word.smith.net.au>, Mike Smith writes: > >> If anyone knows of a good source for ISA-bus flash cards that look > >> like an IDE disk drive to software, I'd like to hear about it. Would you be interested in a 1.3" IDE drive instead? There is a surplus outlet selling both 20 and 40MB HP Kiityhawk drives at $10 and $15, respectively. I think it mght have been http://www.allelec.com The connector on the drive is a standard notebook IDE. They also sell the notebook to 3.5" IDE adapter for $5. This drive is very small. I think you can power it up and down to save energy as well. I am not sure how robust they are but suspect they can handle reasonable shocks. I know they work as I have one on my desk right now. -- "Going down to South Park - going to leave my woes behind..." David W. Alderman dave@persprog.com