[Gllug] Compact Flash, more or less power than IDE?

Ian Norton bredroll at darkspace.org.uk
Tue Aug 3 07:55:54 UTC 2004


John Hearns wrote:

>On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 07:47, John Hearns wrote:
>  
>
>>Just boot directly off the CF card. I have a CF<->IDE adapter.
>>I can't get a notebook sized drive <->CF adapter on Google, but you
>>could cobble something together.
>>    
>>
>Found it (and from a UK company too):
>http://www.cfide.co.uk/compact_flash_ide_adapter_cfide_mob.shtml
>
>BTW, does this notebook have USB? If you're planning on streaming video,
>USB cameras are cheap and power from the USB socket.
>I guess now we have a spare PCMCIA slot for a PCMCIA/USB card though.
>  
>
HI John,

The usb is the only major part of it that is dead :-/ (apart from the 
fact that it has no screen).
I will porbably go for a pcmcia usb card and have usb wireless aswell as 
2 cameras (stereopsis) , (if i go for the pcmcia cf route)

Ian
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