Date   : Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:36:08 +0000
From   : julian_stenning@... (Julian Stenning )
Subject: 16 bit IDE interfaces with microdrives

The microdrives even die is a cool way; I had a IBM 1gb one a few years ago
which failed, and when powering it up it made a continuous Aaaaaarrrrgggh
Aaaaarrrgggh sound. 
J

Sent from my BlackBerry? wireless device

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Murray <rick@...>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 10:15:19 
To: <bbc-micro@...>
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] 16 bit IDE interfaces with microdrives

On 24/07/2011 10:42, Phil Blundell wrote:

> cards we tested recently at work, just reading from the same file a
> couple of thousand times would cause the data to gradually become
> corrupt.

Wait! What? READING?!?!? <gulp>


> Plus of course a spinning microdrive just seems cooler somehow :-)

No, it doesn't just "seem" cooler, it *is*. :-)


Best wishes,

Rick.

-- 
Rick Murray, eeePC901 & ADSL WiFI'd into it, all ETLAs!
BBC B: DNFS, 2 x 5.25" floppies, EPROM prog, Acorn TTX
E01S FileStore, A3000/A5000/RiscPC/various PCs/blahblah...

_______________________________________________
bbc-micro mailing list
bbc-micro@...               
http://lists.cloud9.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/bbc-micro