Re: flash drives for mobile Linux & stuff

[Brian Lloyd <brian@lloyd.com>]

At 07:50 AM 3/19/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Has anyone seen anyprices for IBM's new flash-card size 340MB HD?  It's
>designed for use in cameras, etc., so it should have good shock absorbtion,
>and 340MB is a lot of data for a wearable.

Well, I went ahead and ordered a ViA-II from Liquid Image along with their
M-1 display.  BTW, it comes with a 3.4GB internal HD.  They seem to be
having good luck with the drive that they use.  We'll see if it works out
in the air.

Since I was in Minneapolis for the IETF meeting and I was flying my own
plane, I took the opportunity to visit VIA, Inc., and meet the people who
make the ViA-II.  I was quite impressed.  It is a bit pricy but, by the
time you get all the PC-104 boards together to do the same thing and then
get them packaged so you can wear them, I bet the ViA-II will begin to look
pretty reasonable.


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