On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 21:45:34 +0100 Mike Harrison writes: > > It also wouldn't surprise me at all if the cost of a CF interface > and > one small capacity card were comparable to, or less than, the cost > of > a floppy drive, controller, extra CPU resources, wiring, assembly > time > and power supply to support it. > > I've already got the wiring for the chip on the board, so we have the price of the chip (maybe $5), the drive ($20). The power supply is already there. Wiring seems minor (ribbon cable plus power supply to drive). When the CPU is reading/writing disks, it doesn't need to do much else. There IS the requirement for coming up with the code and maybe the space to put it in (though the 18c452 seems to have a lot of ROM space)... So, I think I can add the drive for less than $50. Possibly less than the cost of one flash card. I appreciate the input... Thanks! Harold FCC Rules Online at http://www.hallikainen.com/FccRules/ ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.