MacMan
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Those of you who have been following my RetroChallenge blog will know that recently I have been trying to get my PowerBook 520c to boot from a Compact Flash card installed via a PCMCIA module. The PCMCIA module is a revision "B" Apple unit.
I haven't been having much success with large, fast cards like the iPro 512MB 40x, Agfa 1GB 80x or Kingston 1GB (speed unknown). The iPro and the Agfa just make the PowerBook hang when they are plugged in and I can get no furthur with them. The Kingston will show up on the desktop and it is possible to copy some files onto it, but when copying more than a few MB of data it also makes the PowerBook hang. This happens in both PCMCIA slots and with different PCMCIA to CF adaptors. I have a suspicion that this might be something to do with the high speed of the larger cards, rather than their capacity, but I may be wrong.
On the other hand, both 32MB cards I have tried, (one Jessops branded, the other Canon), work fine and it is possible to copy the System folder onto them and boot from it. The trouble is that 32MB is really not a very useful size since I would like to have some applications available too!
I should note here that all of the cards I have mentioned so far work perfectly in my PowerBook 1400.
So I would like to know if anyone has managed to get a 500 series with PCMCIA module booting from a large compact flash card, and if so what make and model of card is it?
I haven't been having much success with large, fast cards like the iPro 512MB 40x, Agfa 1GB 80x or Kingston 1GB (speed unknown). The iPro and the Agfa just make the PowerBook hang when they are plugged in and I can get no furthur with them. The Kingston will show up on the desktop and it is possible to copy some files onto it, but when copying more than a few MB of data it also makes the PowerBook hang. This happens in both PCMCIA slots and with different PCMCIA to CF adaptors. I have a suspicion that this might be something to do with the high speed of the larger cards, rather than their capacity, but I may be wrong.
On the other hand, both 32MB cards I have tried, (one Jessops branded, the other Canon), work fine and it is possible to copy the System folder onto them and boot from it. The trouble is that 32MB is really not a very useful size since I would like to have some applications available too!
I should note here that all of the cards I have mentioned so far work perfectly in my PowerBook 1400.
So I would like to know if anyone has managed to get a 500 series with PCMCIA module booting from a large compact flash card, and if so what make and model of card is it?