Date   : Sat, 01 Nov 2003 12:42:23 -0000 
From   : Andrew Hancock <Andrew.Hancock@...>
Subject: Re: ebay BBC laptop????

It's much easier to use Compact Flash as IDE hard drives, as compact flash
conforms to the ATA/IDE standard.

I've got DOS Machines running in a 16/32/64/128 & 256MB compact flash, I've
also tried Windows 3.1/9x operating systems, but the read/write functions of
those operating systems is too much for the compact flash, it's very very
slow, and causes them to fail very quickly.

Windows CE is much better in compact flash. Anyone for a WinCE Beeb
Emulator?

Regards

Andrew


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Usher [mailto:mu.list@...]
> Sent: 01 November 2003 12:15
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] ebay BBC laptop????
> 
> 
> > Anyone tried building a more portable, smaller Beeb using more modern
> > components? It would make an interesting project - replacing all
> > those banks of RAM ICs with something like a SIMM, cutting out the
> > circuitry for the cassette interface and other unused sections, using
> > a CF card instead of a floppy drive ... Mmmm ...
> 
> Or a smart media card as a hard drive...
> I've got a few old 4 & 8 mb smart media cards lying around here. Mind
> you, battery backed up SIMMS could also be used. Got loads of 32pin
> simms lying around, aswell as a fair few 16 / 32 MB EDO RAMs.
> 
> Mark