[sf-lug] Sunday meeting & SliTaz 1.0 - 25 megabytes of GNU/Linux Power.

[Bobbie Sellers]

Asheesh Laroia wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> 
>>     John had a small customized IBM Thinkpad having replaced the
>> hard drive with solid state drives.
>>     Two other enthusiasts were there and it is the fault of my
>> poor memory that I do not name them.
> 
> I tried to do this by buying a CF<->IDE adapter, but my ThinkPad failed 
> to recognize the CompactFlash card I used, even though it tested fine in 
> other CF readers.

Jim wrote this about SSD
here's a blurb on solid state drives:

<http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/09/samsungs-low-power-128gb-ssds-go-mass-production-on-the-cheap/> 


	And these new drives do not use the IDE I believe but one of the newer 
interfaces so it looks like selling them to users of older machines was 
not really important to the makers.

> Bobbie, I really appreciate this "meeting minutes" for those of us 
> out-of-town temporarily!

	Thanks for the input.  I will try to do a better job
next time.

> 
> -- Asheesh.
> 



     later
     bliss at california dot com

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  bobbie sellers - (Back to Angband) Team *AMIGA* SF-LUG

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  the thighs acquire girth, the girth become a warning.
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