[Coco] Re: Cloud-9 Product Comments Wanted

[Benoit Bleau]

I was able to use an old 350MB with the SuperIDE without any problems.  As
for the geometry, the SuperIDE has that cool utility (ideprobe.bas) that
will report exactly what the drive is.

I got the mini-IDE adapter from BestBuy, and it worked fine.

Figuring the master/slave jumper was another matter, but I got it to work.

-Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Robert Emery

Probably late and already been pointed out, but 2.5" laptop drives work fine
with the Glenside IDE card, and I'd be surprised if the SuperIDE refused to
work with them. The connector is smaller and does indeed have 44 pins, but
you
buy an adapter (~5-10 bucks) which allows connection to standard IDE and
power
cables.

I have tried two 2.5" IDE drives and both worked fine once I figured out the
drive geometry. One is a Hitachi 850MB and the other is a 20MB drive from an
old NEC '286 laptop. I believe I can still get some 850Meg drives (surplus
units, unlabelled, look new) and the adapter for a total of about
$20+shipping
if anyone is interested.

Bob Emery