[wellylug] Flash RAM/EPROM disks

[Jethro Carr]

On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 16:24, Tony Wills wrote:
> In order to use some old computers as dedicated boxes running embedded 
> linux code, I want to replace some boot devices (floppies or IDE HDDs) with 
> solid state disks (Cost is a significant consideration and USB is not an 
> available option).
> 
> For some things I only need 1.5MB of storage so was thinking of building an 
> eeprom floppy drive replacement/emulator device.
> Anyone seen a circuit for one of these (there are a few notes on the web 
> suggesting there was a Steve Carcia Circuit Cellar project years ago).
> 
> For larger systems some sort of flash ram card (32MB?) would seem to 
> suit.  I see there are 'flash ram cards' and 'compact flash ram cards'), 
> does anyone know whether either of these have the same connectors as laptop 
> HDD drives? (pictures of adaptors to plug them into IDE appear to have no 
> active components but just small to large plugs - can anyone confirm?).
> 

I think 'flash ram card' is just another name for a compact flash card.

The IDE adaptors work basicly as a converter: plug in an IDE cable &
plug in a compact flash card, and the computer sees it as a normal hard
disk. They usually don't support hotplugging of disks, but this should
not be a problem for you.





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