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Date:      Sat, 06 Dec 1997 08:57:18 +0100
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ISA-bus flash "IDE disks" sought 
Message-ID:  <17434.881395038@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 06 Dec 1997 15:34:10 %2B1030." <199712060504.PAA01814@word.smith.net.au> 

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In message <199712060504.PAA01814@word.smith.net.au>, Mike Smith writes:
>> If anyone knows of a good source for ISA-bus flash cards that look
>> like an IDE disk drive to software, I'd like to hear about it.
>
>Tried Industrial Computer Source?
>
>> I'm looking for a card that is:
>> 
>> 	* ISA-bus based (as noted);
>> 	* ca 10 MB of flash;
>> 	* works as is with FreeBSD's wd driver and the BIOS (I'd
>> 	  like to boot off it);
>> 	* cheap, reliable, fast, etc.
>
>Most flash cards are floppy-emulators, and usually at the BIOS, not 
>register level.

The cheapest way is probably to buy a PCMCIA doc and a ATA Flash card.

Approx $1000 I'd think.

--
Poul-Henning Kamp             FreeBSD coreteam member
phk@FreeBSD.ORG               "Real hackers run -current on their laptop."



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