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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 08:48:35 +0000
From: Charles D Hardman <piuk AT mcmail DOT com>
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Thanks for the message. It could be very useful

Regards

DH

Leonard Erickson wrote:

>While looking for *small* Compact Flash cards (for a blind friend's
>BrailleNote), I got pointed at this website. 
>
>The CF-to-IDE adapters look *very* useful both for dedicated systems
>and for old boxes that don't like modern "huge" hard drives.
>
>http://siliconkit.dnsalias.com/cart/
>
>Next time I have to mess with my old 486 box that I use for Fidonet &
>uucp, I may stick one of these in it. For that matter, I have an old
>486 handheld that has a 40 meg HD. If it can take one of the mobile
>adapters, I can stick in a 64, or 128 meg card instead. And probably
>use less power.
>
>  
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