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Title: New Hitachi Microdrive - 10 Gb!
Post by: maslovsky on February 01, 2005, 05:18:36 am
Look here:

http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/hgst...fa0466460e4f0a0 (http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/hgst/?epi_menuItemID=7ba0ee50f2cd33f38797c532aac4f0a0&epi_menuID=2dcd772d4d32c6fd25ad4e8060e4f0a0&epi_baseMenuID=22f0deefa8f3967dafa0466460e4f0a0)

Would be gerat to have it in new Zaurus model - the new drive is smaller and lighter.
Title: New Hitachi Microdrive - 10 Gb!
Post by: adf on February 01, 2005, 01:53:53 pm
is this, or another version thereof, going to fit a cf slot?
Title: New Hitachi Microdrive - 10 Gb!
Post by: _Psycho on February 01, 2005, 03:15:14 pm
My bet is they wont do a CF version so peoples dont open they new device to rip off the HD, and use it somewhere else.

Its Embedded you so actually have to buy a device with it.

Well IMO

This is really great !
Title: New Hitachi Microdrive - 10 Gb!
Post by: maslovsky on February 01, 2005, 03:42:27 pm
Well, they mention different possible interfaces, so I'm sure it could be connected somehow to the Z
Title: New Hitachi Microdrive - 10 Gb!
Post by: kopsis on February 02, 2005, 09:42:05 am
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Well, they mention different possible interfaces, so I'm sure it could be connected somehow to the Z
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There are all kinds of possiblities  It looks like they will initially have versions with an ATA interface so you could use a USB/ATA bridge chip and have something that works on an SL-3000 or SL-6000. Of course consumer availability may be a bit of a problem ... you're not going to find this on the shelf at CompUSA unless it's embedded in another device.

I think they'd be foolish not to create a CF version for the high end digital photography market, but I suspect that may be a few years down the road.

I wonder what Seagate has lined up to compete with this? We're supposed to see retail versions of Seagate's 5GB CF drive later this year (priced at around $150). I'd dearly love to see them follow that up with a 10GB version
Title: New Hitachi Microdrive - 10 Gb!
Post by: adf on February 02, 2005, 11:37:09 pm
and of course.... while we sort the hardware out... the price of 4g microdrives should fall....