Speculation: 6gb C3100? Options

[fordprefect]

Hi guys,

I noticed that the 6GB iPods came out recently.
Also heard a rumour in another thread
that there might be a new Zaurus in March...

Putting 2 and 2 together, how about a C3000
with 6GB microdrive (C3100?)

Would be a trivial upgrade for Sharp's
engineers to implement.

Could be an interim model that comes out before the
big upgrade to the pre-announced (?) 8-10GB microdrives
later this year. I'm hoping for a smaller C3000
(Don't like to see the size progressively creeping up)
and more RAM, but I don't have my hopes set too
high

What do you all think? What would you like to see in
a new model clamshell Zaurus?

Cheers,

Ford

[Joshp]

Ok a little off topic, but could you take the 6gb hard drive out of the ipod mini and put it in the sl-c3000?

JP

[kahm]

Ok a little off topic, but could you take the 6gb hard drive out of the ipod mini and put it in the sl-c3000?

JP

I was going to say "no, you can't", but then I realized that I don't know which profile the Z hard drive connector uses.

You will be able to buy a 6gb card off the shelf and use it with no issues, because those cards support both "memory" and "hard drive" access types.

The one in the iPod mini itself is restricted to a "hard drive" access type, precisely because people were buying them and stripping the hard drive out of them. Now, if the internal HD connection in the Z is using the "hard drive" type, then you would be able to use the iPod drive in the internal Z CF connector, but not the external CF slot.

Most likely the Z is using the "memory" profile for both connectors and the iPod drive won't work. So it is still "Probably not, and we probably won't be able to find out till someone actually tries."

Has anyone ever actually tried switching the 3000's hard drive for a different card? there was the one photo on the net early on but it was just a physical test for fit rather than trying to boot the Z from it.

[tumnus]

I was going to say "no, you can't", but then I realized that I don't know which profile the Z hard drive connector uses.

It uses the second PCMCIA/CF slot, which of course is internal in the SL-3000. All Zauruses in fact have the ability to support a 2nd CF slot, just run 'cardctl ident' and you'll see it empty on all models apart from the SL-3000 and maybe a 6000 with a sled. Only the SL-3000 has the extra connector internally and I think maybe the 6000 uses this for the sled with the extra CF slot.

iPods are already out with 40GB versions - where are the PDA-type devices with that kind of capacity?

Right here: http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8811342597.html