[Discussion] Compact Flash Card vs Thumb Drive

[James Cannon]

Hi Mark,

I'm right there with you. OS/2 seems more appropriate with the CRT I used to use it with. Luckily for me, there is plenty of good free virtualization solutions that allow me to run OS/2 when I need it. I've been using OpenSUSE for over a year, even though I have Windows and OS/2 on another computer for dual-booting. As time goes by, I use it less and less.

Sincerely,
James Cannon


--- On Mon, 8/17/09, Mark Brueggemann <brueggemail-list at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Mark Brueggemann <brueggemail-list at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Discussion] Compact Flash Card vs Thumb Drive
> To: "POSSI Discussion List" <discussion at lists.possi.org>
> Date: Monday, August 17, 2009, 1:47 PM
> 
> --- 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
> 
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