Kent Lofley wrote: > > Ok. I found a backplane 486 at eio.com for $47. > I think that this is a good start for a wearable. > > First thing that I need to do is figure out what kind of hardrive that I > want. I was thinking a laptop HD but then I need some adapter so that > it will work in a desktop machine. Does anyone know where I can get a > laptop HD for CHEAP. > > Next what kind of display should I use. I found some LCDS at > allcorp.com but I don't know what I need to do to get them to work with > my machine. Ideas? > > Kent I've been looking at those <G> I probably can sell you a 120 Mb drive if you want, for cheapish say $10 shipped? (what size HD are you after? 500 Mb drives can be had used but good for $45ish, the last 2 810 MB laptop drives I got I paid $55 for, etc. Depends on how much rush you're in <G>) The adapters, I have a spare of (It isn't perfect, but works to transfer data - just not to mount a drive IN a desktop machine!), or you can find them for $10 or so usually on eBay etc. (If I'm selling you a drive I could also just pre-load the drive with Linux if that's what you're after?) On the displays, those take some doing, I haven't tackled that problem yet. You cannot just plug them into a VGA connector, darnit! (I Wish we could.) Power's a bear, those are sorta power hungry. The lack of a good display is why I still am on my PC110 so much! Mark -- Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.ml.org
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