Re: Zoomer/DOS PCMCIA cards

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Date: Wed, 20 Oct 93 20:15:18 EDT
From: Shag <starnet!apple!pilot.njin.net!birchall>
Reply-To: apple!pilot.njin.net!birchall
To: <zoomer-list-1993@grot.starconn.com>
Subject: Re: Zoomer/DOS PCMCIA cards
Message-id: <CMM-RU.1.3.751162518.birchall@pilot.njin.net>
Status: OR

-> From: starnet!apple!mhcnet.att.com!sani
-> I took a 1MB PCMCIA card that I have in a ZEOS PPC (a DOS palmtop) and 
-> fearlessly plugged into the zoomer... Surprise, not only is it recognized, 
-> but the files on it are visible via the file manager just fine. When I 
-> tried to open a .exe file, it said that it was not GEOS compatible.

Zoomer includes the ROMDOS product (from I forget who) which basically gives
it a bootable DOS in ROM.  This provides an underlying layer for GEOS to run
on, as on desktops, and facilitates DOS filesystem compatibility.  With some
of the emerging Energy-Star _desktop_ systems offering PCMCIA slots, this
will definitely facilitate data transfer between the two systems.  Who cares
about a cable - just "sneaker-net" it over on a PCMCIA card :)

(Does anyone know whether there are actual PCMCIA units which can be mounted 
in, say, a 3.5"x1"H bay on an existing PC?)

-Shag