Maybe see if you can get a microdrive working with the adapter if flash's write limits pose a problem. Seek times not as good as flash but performance should still be a nice improvement over the old hard drives. The Powerbook's SCSI bus is going to be the real bottleneck in either case.
As for cost, the prices of working 2.5" SCSI drives I've come across lately (when they actually show up
) isn't much better than going the cf adapter route and the remaining lifespan of those old drives is questionable. The flash you can get brand new and you can easily keep things going indefinitely, just replace the flash card if it wears out or you want to upgrade.
As for cost, the prices of working 2.5" SCSI drives I've come across lately (when they actually show up
) isn't much better than going the cf adapter route and the remaining lifespan of those old drives is questionable. The flash you can get brand new and you can easily keep things going indefinitely, just replace the flash card if it wears out or you want to upgrade.