Re: HDD for pc3100 (was: Memory- Card / Dos for Sharp)

[sven.utcke@xxxxxx (Sven Utcke)]

Hallo Radek,

> >> There is a idea that some Compact flash may work in Pc3k. But it needs
> >> reduction for PCMCIA II which is too big to fit in PC3k.
> 
> SU> Isn't CF available in PCMCIA too?
> 
> I think CF is standard for cards itself. It is smaller and has
> different conector. They are used in digital cameras.

Yes, but I think Sandisk is offering an adapter for PCMCIA II.  Which
I think should fit at least into the PC3100.

> >> Also you can try to find a External Box for 2,5" IDE drive. I have one and
> >> it is working fine. It is smaller than PC3k and very handy. On PC3k
> >> works with any HDD splitted into 32 MB partitions. Reading is very
> >> slow because of unidirectional LPT on PC3k.
> 
> SU> So how did you connect the disk to the computer?  Using the printer
> SU> port, obviously, but how exactly?
> 
> Paralel port. You need reduction. 

Which is?  Sorry, I really do know nothing about this...

> You can make one by yourself. You
> can built your own device but the Integrated circuit for this purpose
> is very expensive. I bought used box for 2,5" HDD (It can handle
> IDE CD-ROM as well) The price of this box was 1300 CZk (about
> 37$) It needs 5Volts power supply. I use 4x1,2V AA NICds
> My Box is about 60% size of PC3k.

So, to sum up:  I can simply buy a box which contains everything
needed to connect a HDD to the PC3100 using the parallel-port?

> I can send a drivers needed for this device or upload them to PC3k
> FTP.

That (ftp) would be usefull, I think, if only, to alert other users to
this possibility.

Thanks

Sven
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