the plan for any of these devices is to be using my solid state CF cards. i recently bought a set of SanDisk Extreme cards in anticipation of the higher current drain from Microdrive cards.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan K. Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 12:38 AM Subject: Re: OT Another field bulk storage device for *ist D users > Seems to be a warning regarding microdrives in these. FYI- I modified > my x-drive to use an outboard battery pack of AA's and added a switch to > the chassis. Turned out the voltage fluctuation was too great with > both the microdrive and internal disk being accessed- made for some not > too pretty sounds and also neat sags on the o-scope. Therefore, I > wouldn't recommend one uses microdrives in one of these. YMMV,
