Microdrive reliability

[Jim Leonard]

Jim Leonard wrote:
> Chuck Guzis wrote:
>>> I don't know what you mean by "ST1".  But I had an IBM 340MB CF
>>> Microdrive when they were brand new.  It still works.
>>
>> I'm working on a project that would normally take a standard (i.e. 
>> flash) CF card, but I'm debugging code and I'd like to use something 
>> that was a little more tolerant of repeated writing.
> 
> The IBM Microdrive 340MB CF cards are actually tiny hard drives, with 
> substantially higher write tolerance (ie. the same as any hard drive). I 
> use them wherever possible in my vintage IBM PCs and clones wherever 
> possible, since they're cheap and fast.

Sorry!  I didn't see the original post.  You already knew this.

Yes, I have had excellent experiences with my 340MB CF microdrives, and 
if you cough up the auctions you're seeing, I will buy more :-)
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