[Duo2400] Re: SCSI PC Card readers for Macintosh.

[Ivan Drucker]

The Newton line wouldn't work with a conventional PC card hard drive, 
because they don't use the ATA spec for storage. Rather, they support an 
older standard which I forget the name of but I don't think is in much 
use anymore, but at one point was a common interface for Flash expansion 
cards which were not necessarily intended for file storage but rather 
memory expansion.

I remember picking up a 14MB card for my Newton 2000 that someone was 
unloading for really cheap...but it wouldn't work as a drive in my 
PowerBook, for the same reason (the PowerBook wants an ATA-interface 
device). It was actually sold for a DOS PC laptop, and came with some 
icky DOS drivers on a floppy to extend the RAM of the PC (rather than 
treating it as a drive).

In theory, I guess a Newton driver could be written to support an ATA 
disk, and there are enough hackers out there that I wouldn't be half 
surprised if it's been done. Personally, though, I'd rather use the slot 
in the eMate (even though there appears to be two slots, it's really only 
one) for a 802.11 card -- and I know there have been drivers written to 
support those. But then, I left the Newton universe long ago...

Ivan.
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>hi i was not able to follow all the thread or quote what was needed 
>specifically .
>sorry i am a bit rushed as i prepare for a NY trip....
>see you at MACWORLD ????
>
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>  i am the proud owner of
>1)
>
>IBM 100mb PC card hard drive ( i think it is NOT flash mem but a hard drive)
>
>and it works pretty well with me 2400 ( now GLODED) and my biege  g3
>
>in an
>
>2)
>INTERMART PCD -15
>scsi pc card reader.   ($15 at goodwill computer store and Museum)
>on the G 3
>no drivers were required.
>it reades and writes.
>
>but not in OS X
>
>I see no reason why the READER would not work with 68K macs...
>Cards are the  issue
>
>the little hard drive...
>it does not work on my emate,  sadly. ( well i was hoping against all odds)
>
>Bon
>
>
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