PC Card Type II Hard Drive?

by **Tachion** » Jan 13, 2002 @ 3:29am

I just recently ordered an @migo and it has a Type II PC card slot built in and was wondering if it would be able to support this:

DATAPAK 2GB PCCARD Type II Hard Drive
The DataPak PC Card, model DP-PCM2/2GB, is a portable hard disk drive which fits into any Type II PC Card slot. The DataPak drive comes in a 2GB (Gigabyte) uncompressed, formatted storage capacity.

Price: $269.00

Also, would it drain the battery faster or does it use little to power?

Thanks!

by **Matt Keys** » Jan 13, 2002 @ 5:23am

Yes, it will work in the @migo.

Unfortunatly it will significantly shorten your battery life, I suggest you buy a extra battery pack to combat this.

One more thing you would probably like to know, is the fact that it will make your @migo run much warmer.

by **Tachion** » Jan 13, 2002 @ 8:00am

So if I wanted a decent battery life I would want to settle for 2 256meg CF cards? I couldn't imagine ever needing over 512megs (That would hold like 4 movies, 15 games and 50 mp3's.)

I was looking at a Microdrive, but the 1 Gig Microdrive is $400... and I read that they have lower capacity Microdrives but they use more power... would I be correct in hearing that?

by **Chris Edwards** » Jan 13, 2002 @ 8:03am

The older Microdrives use mush more power... I'd personally stay away from the Microdrive.. They are very unreliable (mine's gone on me twice)

512mb CF cards are only ~$270US now... And the prices are going down... But I guess buying 2 256mb ones would be better... then if you lost one, you'd only be loosing ~$120.. not $270

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by **Tachion** » Jan 13, 2002 @ 8:19am

$270 for a 512? Mind telling me a site I could get those from? Everywhere I have checked has had them for $500! Yeesh!

by **Chris Edwards** » Jan 13, 2002 @ 8:22am

Newegg.com

It's Mr. Flash brand, but oh well... flash memory is flash memory.. it's all the same.. just a different logo on it.

by **Tachion** » Jan 13, 2002 @ 8:27am

Thanks a lot! That is almost 1/2 the price most sites have 'em for! Too bad they are out of stock right now... grr.

by **Chris Edwards** » Jan 13, 2002 @ 8:34am

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/memory-pro/comflasmem.html

They've got them for $249 and a different one for $200... the $249 is supposed to be faster... Not sure how valid that statement is.. but it's only $49, so I'd go with the faster one.

by **TechMage** » Jan 15, 2002 @ 1:26am

They say that 512mb "Ultra Fast" Flash Card is a type one card. That means I can use it in my Jornada 548, right? That sounds like a type-o to me. I thought type one flash cards could only go up to 128mb, and type two flash cards were 256mb and above.

by **Chris Edwards** » Jan 15, 2002 @ 2:38am

no.. it's type I... the only type II cf i've ever seen is the microdrive.. and it's not solid state anyways..

by **Matt Keys** » Jan 15, 2002 @ 9:47pm

by **Chris Edwards** » Jan 16, 2002 @ 12:10am

by **TexasDoc** » Jan 22, 2002 @ 3:21pm

by **Tachion** » Jan 23, 2002 @ 12:31am

Could anyone give an estimate of how much less battery time I would be looking at?

by **Tachion** » Jan 23, 2002 @ 12:34am

Oh, and how big are the movies you have? I am looking at a 512 meg CF card and was wondering if that would be sufficient for movies.

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