C:Amie - 2005-06-30 10:47 AM
Controller driver?
It seems like the IDE, PCARD and CF pin logic/electrical configuration is somewhat compatible.
Why do I say that, you ask? I have a 2.5" 384MB flash disk that acts just like a notebook hdd. I opened it up and found that it simply contains a pccard->IDE mapping/adapter pcb housing and a 384MB flash PCCARD. The pccard->IDE adapter is just electrical pin
(re
)assignment and contains no controller of any kind, not even a resistor!
I remember trying my 512MB CF in a pccard adapter and putting it into the pccard->IDE adapter and it works just like a notebook drive. With a notebook->desktop adapter, this can run in a desktop unit.
so I am inclined to believe that the notebook drive would function just like a CF ATAdisk. The key to this interchangeability is in the ATA interface which is standard throughout.
The only downside I can think of is 1
) Power consumption 2
) bulk and 3
) weight ... if it works!
