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

John Hearns john.hearns at clustervision.com
Tue Aug 3 07:02:16 UTC 2004


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.

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