I have used a lot of different solutions on old computers. SCSI, CF-Card, Sata+converter, Pata and so on.
SCSI are a different ballgame, and need a bit more attention. Not that they are that hard to use.
They just need a bit more attention when setting things up. In other words, you need more time configuring.
CF cards are nice. They work well, yet they have limitations. As someone is describing. They have a speed barrier.
They are not really a modern SSD, so you need to put them into something that do not swap.
MS-Dos version 3.3 to 6.22 are such a kind of operating system that I am thinking about.
They run bitching fast and stable on a 486dx33 system with MS-Dos-6.22 installed.
PATA drives and SATA drives are more or less in the same league. As I see no difference in performance on a
normal useage. Shure benching those two technologies tell a different story. When using them on Win98se, and
using ATA-66/133 + SATA-2 drives on a SS7 system, you really do not feel the difference when gaming UT99.
There are however stuff like low grade SATA/PATA converters to keep in mind.
They are usually found amoung low priced china stuff, found on eBay. Well.... The same goes for CF converters.
What I have not tried, are SD-Card to PATA converters, and I have not tried one of those CF cards that are
basically a SD-card to CF-card converter. Yes.... They are out there, as I have seen them cheap on eBay.
Don't eat stuff off a 15 year old never cleaned cpu cooler.
Those cakes make you sick....
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