Re: OT? IDE flash drive in OLD pc.

On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:08:13 -0800, I said, "Pick a card, any card"
and Jim Stewart <jstewart@xxxxxxxxxxx> instead replied:

Ray Haddad wrote:
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:20:37 -0800 (PST), I said, "Pick a card, any
card" and Didi <dp@xxxxxxxxxxx> instead replied:

Does anyone know of an IDE flash drive that will work in an old pc (pre LBA
capable)?
What flavor of PC is it? Is it an XT? 286? 386? 486? Pentium? Does
it even have an IDE port? You've left a lot of questions before you
can expect an answer.
To those familiar with ATA - who are the obvious addressees of the
query - the question is clear enough.

Where did you see any addressees? I must have missed that. When
posting a technical question to a technical forum it is customary to
give all the details required for a qualified answer.

You seem to forget that this newsgroup is searchable on Google
Groups meaning that without the qualifying parameters I requested
the thread is useless as far as newsgroup conventions goes. Unless,
of course, all details are provided in the query.

Let's not forget about why newsgroups are here to begin with.

From the original post, it seemed pretty clear
to me that he needed some sort of IDE/ATA flash
drive that was hardware compatible with a spinning
drive and could be addressed by CHS. If you
didn't get that, I would think that proper
nettiquite would be to just chill out and let
the cavalry handle it.

Don't be so arrogant, mate. I knew what the question was but
depending on the variety of motherboards out there, the answer will
have been different. As I pointed out earlier, you and others here
seem to be forgetting why USENET was started in the first place.

Remember, he had tried a so-called working device which didn't work.
Duh! If a device that worked elsewhere didn't work, more details are
needed to determine why. Offering a device that worked for you is
pointless.

The cavalry is us. Not just you. Get over yourself and try to
educate others here rather than demean.
--
Ray
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