Flashy alternative to hard drives emerges

A LOW COST ADAPTOR allows 2.5-inch hard drives to be swapped for Compact Flash cards. California-based Addonics has produced a range of adaptors allowing CF cards or Microdrives to be used as a direct replacement for IDE and SATA hard drives.

Primarily aimed at notebooks, Addonics also has an embedded version for processor boards in industrial PCs. No special device drivers are required, says the company, making the adapters compatible with most operating systems. The range includes versions for IDE and SATA drives, the IDE variant having the option of one or two CF slots at $24.99 and $29.99 respectively. The SATA adaptor comes with a single slot at $35.99. µ

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