[Discussion] Compact Flash Card vs Thumb Drive

[Mark Brueggemann]

--- On Mon, 8/17/09, Douglas Clark <clark454 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I have USB SD cards, compact flash, and thumb drives all
> working with ECS v 1.2 and
> ECS v 2.0 RC6A. But the USB support in ECS RC6A is better
> than it is in v 1.2.

Mine isn't an issue of compatibility, it's 100% nonfunctional
under eCS.  It just doesn't see it.  It may be my hardware
but I suspect it's something I'm doing wrong.  I won't spend
any more time trying to get it to work, I can just boot linux
and it's all there, including access to my HPFS partitions.


> I have experienced compatability problems between
> different USB hardware

Me too, and with an SD adapter as you've described.


> I would first suggest upgrading to RC6A before you give 
> up on ECS.

I gave up on eCS a long time ago.  They lost me when they
started to charge for stuff that should be included in the
base OS, or comes for free with/for other OS's.  Not to mention 
there hasn't been a new app in a decade or more.   All you get
is ported linux apps and java stuff.  I don't need eCS to run
those.  Probably the only reason I haven't wiped eCS from my 
computers are the native apps I do have.  I have quite a few 
but even those are getting long in the tooth and are easily 
supplanted with more current stuff.  So it's come down to 
having access to the data I created with those apps, which
isn't so easily ported. 


> After all - even Linux requires upgrades.

They're free, and frequent.  I had a good run with OS/2, about
15 years.  Had to move on when the world moved on.  I still have
and use it but have no delusions about what it is or where it's
going.  My focus is no longer on the underpinnings.  Anymore a 
computer is just a data appliance to me.  Linux, CPM, windoze, 
DOS, OS/2, I don't care.  If it does what I need I'm fine with 
anything.  They're just tools in a toolbox.


Mark B.
Albuquerque, NM