SCSI to IDE bridges...

[Doc Shipley]

Gene Buckle wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2008, Doc Shipley wrote:
> 
>> Chuck Guzis wrote:
>>>
>>> I've toyed with the idea of setting up a Linux box with a decent-size 
>>> (512M) hunk of RAM,turning off swap and using it as a network 
>>> mailserver with CF instead of IDE disk to conserve power.  I'm not 
>>> sure how long the CF would last.  Assuming, say, 1000 emails 
>>> (including spam) a day worst-case, I might see one fail in less than 
>>> a year, depending upon where the writes landed.  Leveling would help, 
>>> of course, but do CF cards auto-level, or does that responsibility 
>>> fall upon the system using them?
>>
>>  I can vouch for the fact that running a normal OS on CF will kill the 
>> card in a hurry, even without swap.
>>
> 
> Doc, there's a whole pile of Amiga users out there (found 'em today!) 
> that would argue that point with you.  They're using them a lot on the 
> Amiga 1200, 500 and 2000 without issue.

   I've used a 512MB card on an A1200.  As far as I can tell, it doesn't 
swap at all.


	Doc