Re: Fw: Compactflash to IDE adapters

From: "Doug Smith" <doug-Ay7Avkj27HYG2Il/[email protected]>
> From: "Andy Laurence" <[email protected]>
> > The one that slots straight into the IDE socket looks good.  $20 for
one,
> > $16 for 10+, $14 for 25+.  I think we can do them cheaper if we can find
> > some CF sockets.  Sure someone must do them!
>
> Ideally we could etch a single sided PCB, the just fit the card carrier
> and the IDE interface to it. Very cheap, but a bit of faffing around.

Yeah, but could we do it for $14 a shot?  May be worth doing a bulk buy once
we're done with prototypes.

> On a different note, I've just grabbed some ammo boxes. One of
> which is almost exactly mini tower size and shape. It's got a hermetic
> seal, and appears to be explosion proofed (I'm unsure quite why
> we'd want an explosion proof access point, but it strikes me as
> a Neat Thing[tm])

Nice.  Some of the gear I've found is really quite small, and one or two may
actually fit into the case you had on show the other night!  Not sure how to
tell if PSUs are suitable though :-/

> Actually, thinking about it, a rugged mobile access point would
> be ver handy for disaster recovery, just drop a chain of the
> things back to where wired connectivity works. Perhaps it's
> not such a daft idea.

Sounds like a great idea.  Perhaps Consume could rent them out for live
events or something like that?

> Oh, and if you want to drop kit round, Steve will be in all
> day today, and I'll be around on Sunday.

Doh!  SWMBO has the car today.  I have a christening at 3pm Sunday, but
could pop round after that.  Best discussed off list, I suppose.

Andy


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