Re: OT? IDE flash drive in OLD pc.


"Jim Stewart" <jstewart@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.

It the risk of turning the flame back on, I didn't know all the answers at
the time, but thought the information was adequate. I was actually asking
for an employee that isn't an NG user.

The pc is actually a 386. It must have an IDE port, otherwise he wouldn't
need an IDE hard disk replacment. In truth, this is a floppy replacement.
The system is working as a fairly sophisticated home controller. The other
option is buy a few spare floppy drives and a case of floppies while they
are still available. The floppies have been wearing out on rare occasions.
I suppose a real hard drive is also an option.

You could argue that it should be replaced, but why turn a working system
into recycled junk or landfill? I would expect power supply mortality to be
the biggest concern, but the system is old enough that the power supply (and
fan) seems to have been made in the era when they were expected to last more
than a year or two.

Jim's solution seems quite good. The Mesa adapters are in the $15 range and
you can put any CF card in them.

Merry Christmas and thanks to all who posted.

Scott



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