Date   : Sat, 10 Jul 2004 09:15:44 +0100
From   : Kris Adcock <kris@...>
Subject: Re: Acorn Winchester unit

Jonathan Graham Harston wrote:

>>So any modern drive is a waste of space, as 4 Gigs is pretty low
>>these days. So:
>>
>> 1 Is a not-too-new drive of 4 GB - or just a little more - still young
>>    enough to support the /logical/ model of 256 bytes per sector?
> 
>  
> I can pick up 540M IDE drives for a fiver, that's what I've been using for
> developing the IDE interface.  I've created an ADFS disk image with half
> of the JGH Software Library on it, and it's just over 3M!
>  
> 

I'm waiting with baited breath (and soldering iron) for JGH's project! 
While I have a collection of 512MB drives picked up cheap from 
electronics shops and rallies, they're getting harder to come by - and 
of course, their remaining lifespan is totally unknown. So I also have 
some CompactFlash adaptors, and a goodly collection of CF cards between 
2 and 32 MB to use instead of conventional HDs.

Should let me store Chuckie Egg, Granny's Garden and Repton 3 just 
nicely ...


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