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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 3:49 am    Post subject: Looking for a 10GB-20GB FLASH 2.5" IDE drive replacement Reply with quote

Hi,

I've done the usual google searches but suprisingly there is very
little in this size range....



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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:04 am    Post subject: Re: Looking for a 10GB-20GB FLASH 2.5" IDE drive replacement Reply with quote

In article <5lles0leetc58qf6b58tc439loi1ju0up9@4ax.com>,
Peter <z80@ds3.com> wrote:
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Hi,

I've done the usual google searches but suprisingly there is very
little in this size range....



Peter.
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newegg.com has one.

A bunch of them are found via pricewatch.com





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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:00 am    Post subject: Re: Looking for a 10GB-20GB FLASH 2.5" IDE drive replacement Reply with quote

adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote

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Hi,

I've done the usual google searches but suprisingly there is very
little in this size range....



Peter.
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newegg.com has one.

A bunch of them are found via pricewatch.com

I can't find anything there. I think you may have missed the word
"flash" in the subject ?


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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Looking for a 10GB-20GB FLASH 2.5" IDE drive replacement Reply with quote

In article <ublfs05c3b2pe1bu2vqca1lrgfbidanrr8@4ax.com>,
Peter <z80@ds3.com> wrote:
Quote:

adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote

Hi,

I've done the usual google searches but suprisingly there is very
little in this size range....



Peter.
--

newegg.com has one.

A bunch of them are found via pricewatch.com

I can't find anything there. I think you may have missed the word
"flash" in the subject ?


Yup. missed it.

20GB flash is going to to be pricey, but I expect you already knew that.
Since cost tracks pretty well with capacity and a 2GB CF card costs $100,
it'll be at least $1000. More becasue it's not a mass-market item.




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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 8:25 pm    Post subject: Re: Looking for a 10GB-20GB FLASH 2.5" IDE drive replacement Reply with quote

adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:

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20GB flash is going to to be pricey, but I expect you already knew that.
Since cost tracks pretty well with capacity and a 2GB CF card costs $100,
it'll be at least $1000. More becasue it's not a mass-market item.


If I can get 20GB for US$1000 I will buy it now :) I have seen one
quote of $8000.

It wouldn't be hard to construct a module with an IDE connector one
side and a lot of compactflash connectors on the other. CF is already
very close to IDE; one would just need to interleave the accesses (to
get decent speed) and do some block remapping otherwise windoze will
wear out the spot where the swapfile sits :)


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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 9:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Looking for a 10GB-20GB FLASH 2.5" IDE drive replacement Reply with quote

In article <rvfgs0lb323imuo2n8mlloakvqh6tagkv0@4ax.com>,
Peter <peter@peter2000.co.uk> wrote:
Quote:

adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:

20GB flash is going to to be pricey, but I expect you already knew that.
Since cost tracks pretty well with capacity and a 2GB CF card costs $100,
it'll be at least $1000. More becasue it's not a mass-market item.


If I can get 20GB for US$1000 I will buy it now :) I have seen one
quote of $8000.

It wouldn't be hard to construct a module with an IDE connector one
side and a lot of compactflash connectors on the other. CF is already
very close to IDE; one would just need to interleave the accesses (to
get decent speed) and do some block remapping otherwise windoze will
wear out the spot where the swapfile sits :)


Peter.


You can get a CF-PCMCIA adapter for a few bucks, which tells me it's
just wires, and there PCI cards that have PCMICA slots. Lots of
system-on-a-board products have a PCMCIA slot on them. I've built a
couple CF card-based systems with them. The linux disrto (Pebble) was
hacked to load into ram and then make the root CF file system RO, which
required kernel hacks. It runs in 64MB. Ain't linux great.

There are 4GB CF microdisk cards that won't suffer from the sector
write cycle problem, but they have other lifetime and power issues.

FWIW, I've seen it stated that modern solid-state CF cards have logic
in them that spreads the write cycle wear across all the cells and it
isn't a problem any more.
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Malcolm Weir
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Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:47 pm    Post subject: Re: Looking for a 10GB-20GB FLASH 2.5" IDE drive replacement Reply with quote

On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 15:25:30 +0000, Peter <peter@peter2000.co.uk>
wrote:

Quote:

adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote:

20GB flash is going to to be pricey, but I expect you already knew that.
Since cost tracks pretty well with capacity and a 2GB CF card costs $100,
it'll be at least $1000. More becasue it's not a mass-market item.

If I can get 20GB for US$1000 I will buy it now :) I have seen one
quote of $8000.

Check these: http://www.nextwarehouse.com/lcat.cfm/1082/Flash%20Disk
and the data sheet at http://www.delkin.com/oem/pdf/dd59.pdf

The Delkin thingies look like they'll do the job for $1842 for 10GB,
$2850 for 16GB, and $5582 for $32GB. (Although currently all out of
stock at that vendor).

Granted, current retail pricing on high-performance CompactFlash cards
is running just under $100/GB for capacities up to 4GB (2GB CF starts
at $140 or so, not $100, and that's the low-performing consumer
version), so you're paying a premium, but it's less than 2X, which is
pretty good considering the relative volumes between CF cards (sold by
the truckload to consumers) and a specialized device (not sold to
consumers).

Quote:
It wouldn't be hard to construct a module with an IDE connector one
side and a lot of compactflash connectors on the other. CF is already
very close to IDE; one would just need to interleave the accesses (to
get decent speed) and do some block remapping otherwise windoze will
wear out the spot where the swapfile sits :)

You'd run into complications with the form factor, but you could
produce a "brick" of CF cards using that technique.

Quote:
Peter.

Malc.
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Paul Rubin
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Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 4:24 am    Post subject: Re: Looking for a 10GB-20GB FLASH 2.5" IDE drive replacement Reply with quote

Malcolm Weir <malc@gelt.org> writes:
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Granted, current retail pricing on high-performance CompactFlash cards
is running just under $100/GB for capacities up to 4GB

zipzoomfly.com has some 8GB cards now.
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Peter
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:57 am    Post subject: Re: Looking for a 10GB-20GB FLASH 2.5" IDE drive replacement Reply with quote

pineapple salad, sweet potatoes in butter, vegetable platter, tossed salad with tomato and avocado, parsley new potatoes, spinich cucumber salad, fruit salad
Bran muffins, dinner rolls, soft breadsticks, rice pilaf, croissants
Apple cake with rum sauce, frosted banana nut bread sherbet, home made brownies
Iced tea, water, beer, bloody marys, lemonade, coffee

The guests select food, beverages, silverware... everything from the buffet table.
They move to wherever they are comfortable, and sit with whoever they choose.
Provide trays so your guests will not spill everything all over your house from
carrying too much, nor will they have to make 10 trips back and fourth from the
service stations.



Roast Leg of Amputee

By all means, substitute lamb or a good beef roast if the haunch
it is in any way diseased. But sometimes surgeons make mistakes,
and if a healthy young limb is at hand, then don?t hesitate to cook
it to perfection!

1 high quality limb, rack, or roast
Potatoes, carrot
Oil
celery
onions
green onions
parsley
garlic
salt, pepper, etc
2 cups beef stock

Marinate meat (optional, not necessary with better cuts).
Season liberally and lace with garlic cloves by making incisions,
and placing whole cloves deep into the meat.
Grease a baking pan, and fill with a thick bed of onions,
celery, green onions, and parsley.
Place roast on top with fat side up.
Place uncovered in 500° oven for 20 minutes, reduce oven to 325°.
Bake till medium rare (150°) and let roast rest.
Pour stock over onions and drippings, carve the meat and
place the slices in the au jus.



Bisque ŕ l?Enfant

Honor the memory of Grandma with this dish by utilizing her good
silver soup tureen and her great grandchildren (crawfish
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Malcolm Weir
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:32 am    Post subject: Re: Looking for a 10GB-20GB FLASH 2.5" IDE drive replacement Reply with quote

or light lunch served with
a fresh salad? Versatility is probably this recipe?s greatest virtue,
as one can use the best part of a prime, rare, yearling, or the
morticians occasional horror: a small miracle stopped short by a
drunk driver, or the innocent victim of a drive-by shooting...

2 cups finely chopped very young human flesh
1 cup shredded cabbage
1 cup bean sprouts
5 sprigs green onion, finely chopped
5 cloves minced garlic
4-6 ounces bamboo shoots
Sherry
chicken broth
oil for deep frying (1 gallon)
Salt
pepper
soy & teriyaki
minced ginger, etc.
1 tablespoon cornstarch dissolved in a little cold water
1 egg beaten

Make the stuffing:
Marinate the flesh in a mixture of soy and teriyaki sauces
then stir fry in hot oil for till brown - about 1 minute, remove.
Stir-fry the vegetables.
Put the meat back into the wok and adjust the seasoning.
De-glaze with sherry, cooking off the alcohol.
Add broth (optional) cook a few more minutes.
Add the cornstarch, cook a few minutes till thick,
then place the stuffing into a colander and cool;
2 hours
Wrap the rolls:
Place 3 tablespoons of stuffing in the wrap, roll tightly -
corner nearest you first, fold 2 side corners in,
wrap till remaining corner is left.
Brush with egg, seal, and allow to sit on the seal for
a few minutes.
Fry the rolls:
325° if using egg roll wraps, 350° for spring roll wraps.
Deep fry in peanut oil till crispy golden brown, drain on paper towels.



Lemon Neonate

Turkey serves just as well, and in fact even looks a bit like a
well-dressed baby. By the time you turn the child?s breast into
cutlets, it will be indistinguishable.
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 11:53 am    Post subject: Re: Looking for a 10GB-20GB FLASH 2.5" IDE drive replacement Reply with quote

to drain on paper towels.
Make a roux with butter, oil and flour,
brown vegetables in the roux, then add chicken stock and
allow to simmer for 20 minutes.
Add the patties or stuffed heads, and some loose crawfish,
lobster, long piglet, or what have you.
Cook on low for 15 minutes, then allow it to set for at least
15 minutes more.
Serve over steamed rice; this dish is very impressive!



Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Babies really can be found under a cabbage leaf -
or one can arrange for ground beef to be found there instead.

8 large cabbage leaves
1 lb. lean ground newborn human filets, or ground chuck
Onions
peppers
celery
garlic
soy sauce
salt pepper, etc
Olive oil
breadcrumbs
Tomato Gravy (see index)

Boil the cabbage leaves for 2 minutes to soften.
In skillet, brown the meat in a little olive oil,
then add onions, peppers, and celery (all chopped finely)
and season well.
Place in a large bowl and cool.
Add seasoned breadcrumbs and a little of the tomato gravy,
enough to make the mixture pliable.
Divide the stuffing among the cabbage leaves then roll.
Place seam down in a baking pan.
Ladle tomato gravy on top,
and bake at 325° for 30 - 45 minutes.



Umbilical Cordon Bleu

Nothing is so beautiful as the bond between mother and child,
so why not consume it?
Children or chicken breasts will work wonderfully also.

4 whole umbilical chords (or baby breasts, or chicken breasts)
4 thin slices of smoked ham, and Gruyere cheese
Flour
eggwash (milk and eggs)
seasoned bread crumbs
1 onion
minced
salt
pepper
butter
olive oil

Pound the breasts f
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Al Dykes
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 12:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Looking for a 10GB-20GB FLASH 2.5" IDE drive replacement Reply with quote

chicken, roast pork spiral ham,
Cranberry pineapple salad, sweet potatoes in butter, vegetable platter, tossed salad with tomato and avocado, parsley new potatoes, spinich cucumber salad, fruit salad
Bran muffins, dinner rolls, soft breadsticks, rice pilaf, croissants
Apple cake with rum sauce, frosted banana nut bread sherbet, home made brownies
Iced tea, water, beer, bloody marys, lemonade, coffee

The guests select food, beverages, silverware... everything from the buffet table.
They move to wherever they are comfortable, and sit with whoever they choose.
Provide trays so your guests will not spill everything all over your house from
carrying too much, nor will they have to make 10 trips back and fourth from the
service stations.



Roast Leg of Amputee

By all means, substitute lamb or a good beef roast if the haunch
it is in any way diseased. But sometimes surgeons make mistakes,
and if a healthy young limb is at hand, then don?t hesitate to cook
it to perfection!

1 high quality limb, rack, or roast
Potatoes, carrot
Oil
celery
onions
green onions
parsley
garlic
salt, pepper, etc
2 cups beef stock

Marinate meat (optional, not necessary with better cuts).
Season liberally and lace with garlic cloves by maki
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Al Dykes
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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 12:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Looking for a 10GB-20GB FLASH 2.5" IDE drive replacement Reply with quote

roll wraps.
Deep fry in peanut oil till crispy golden brown, drain on paper towels.



Lemon Neonate

Turkey serves just as well, and in fact even looks a bit like a
well-dressed baby. By the time you turn the child?s breast into
cutlets, it will be indistinguishable. The taste of young human,
although similar to turkey (and chicken) often can be wildly
different depending upon what he or she has consumed during its
10 to 14 months of life...

4 well chosen cutlets (from the breasts of 2 healthy neonates)
2 large lemons (fresh lemons always, if possible)
Olive oil
Green onions
Salt
pepper
cornstarch
neonate stock (chicken, or turkey stock is fine)
garlic
parsley
fresh cracked black pepper

Season and sauté the cutlets in olive oil till golden brown, remove.
Add the garlic and onions and cook down a bit.
Add some lemon juice and some zest, then de-glaze with stock.
Add a little cornstarch (dissolved in cold water) to the sauce.
You are just about there, Pour the sauce over the cutlets,
top with parsley, lemon slices and cracked pepper.
Serve with spinach salad, macaroni and cheese (homemade) and iced tea...



Spaghetti with Real Italian Meatballs

If you don?t have an expendable bambino on hand,
you can use a pound of ground pork instead.
The secret to great meatballs, is to use very lean meat.

1 lb. ground flesh; human or pork
3 lb. ground beef
1 cup finely chopped onions
7 - 12 cloves garlic
1 cup
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