I do not have these bootstrapping problems because I mostly deal with older hardware when networking (or should that be "newtworking"?) my Newtons. I am surprised that your eMate does not connect straightforwardly to your Performa, and wonder whether diagnosing and curing this problem would not be a better solution than turning to ATA drivers and cards.

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Well, according to the eMate 300 manual, the host computer requires certain software to realize that the eMate is there. One would figure OS 8.1 would have that feature preinstalled, but clearly that is not the case, and I already made mention of that back in September when I started this thread.

My main reason for using the eMate would be for note-taking during lectures. It has phenomenal battery life, and it would save some space on my MBP. Since my only option is printing a document, it is pointless using the 300 as I cannot save my lecture notes (thus the reason for inquiring about PC cards).

Whereabouts are you in Ontario? Send me a PM, and we'll set a time to meet.