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H/PC Elder Posts: | 2,156 |
Location: | Barrie, Ontario | Status: | |
| No, I didn't mispost. This info is useful to fellow Canucks.
Futureshop has an external 4gb USB microdrive on sale, that after rebate, is $80US. The cheapest I found a 4gb MD on ebay was $120US, so I figure this is a pretty good deal.
Buy the unit, carefully open the housing and extract the 4gb CF MD. Viola, mass storage on the cheap for your hpc. I only wish my digicam was CF, not SD. Oh well.
Best hurry, I think stock is limited to on-hand supplies. I cleaned out my local store, lol.
Linky: http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10067718&catid=10485&logon=&langid=EN
Oh, shipping is free to boot. |
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Subscribers H/PC Guru Posts: | 5,758 |
Location: | United States | Status: | |
| Wow, that is very cheap.. Too bad I do not live in Canada  ... |
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H/PC Elder Posts: | 2,294 |
Location: | Sunny California | Status: | |
| Sure you couldn't make an exception and sell it to me? It would definitely help the 720 distro. 
EDIT: Wait a minute. I cannot trust that post unless if you have done it successfully yourself. Many drives like that are configured to only work in IDE mode, not as a standard storage device, to prevent people from doing just that: taking the drive out. Do you know if it is just normal? Edited by ProgramSynthesiser 2005-11-28 9:47 PM
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H/PC Elder Posts: | 2,294 |
Location: | Sunny California | Status: | |
| Excellent. I wouldn't mind saving a few dollars for a much larger card than I would buy normally. But I need a confirmation that it is indeed standard!
I do not have that kind of money to waste. |
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H/PC Elder Posts: | 2,156 |
Location: | Barrie, Ontario | Status: | |
| Surgery is scheduled for tomorrow in the AM. I'll let everyone know how it turns out.
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H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 2,579 |
Location: | The Lone Star State | Status: | |
| Good Luck, My thoughts will be with you. BTW those are both great prices! |
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H/PC Philosopher Posts: | 304 |
Location: | United States | Status: | |
| Good luck - but be prepared for the worst. Lots of manufacturers have been buying OEM microdrives that are permanently locked in IDE mode, and won't work in a WinCE device or digital camera.  |
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H/PC Elite Posts: | 627 |
Location: | The Matrix | Status: | |
| even in the worst case (MD is in ide mode), you could put it back in the case and use it as an external drive in the HPCs that have a USB host |
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H/PC Elder Posts: | 2,294 |
Location: | Sunny California | Status: | |
| btrimmer - I already mentioned the IDE problem...
There is actually a chance that it is just a cf to usb enclosure. |
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H/PC Elder Posts: | 1,953 |
Location: | BC, Canada | Status: | |
| So, did it work? |
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H/PC Elder Posts: | 2,156 |
Location: | Barrie, Ontario | Status: | |
| Geez, I forgot all about it. They're both sitting in my hpc bag. I've been a little busy of late buying more junk to learn and fiddle with.
Ok, so it got one in front of me with my exacto knife ready. Let's see if I can open it without destroying things. |
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H/PC Elder Posts: | 2,156 |
Location: | Barrie, Ontario | Status: | |
| That didn't go too well.
I opened up my hand with the exacto instead of the drive housing. I shouldn't have tried this when I was tired.
I fixed up the cut with good old crazy glue.
I'll try again tomorrow, I still have one good hand remaining. If I mess up, I'm outta hands for awhile. |
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