"Andy Ruhl" <acruhl@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 07:40:30 -0700, Snappy! <direct2system@yahoo.com> 
> wrote:
>>
>> "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote in message
>> news:20050220.225201.91610257.imp@bsdimp.com...
>> > In message: <1108910868.3737.5.camel@lister.bodgit-n-scarper.com>
>> >            Matt Dainty <matt@bodgit-n-scarper.com> writes:
>> > : On Sun, 2005-02-20 at 14:34, Andy Ruhl wrote:
>> > : > Note that it
>> > : > might still work if you use a CF card reader in the PCMCIA slot...
>> > :
>> > : ICBW but I thought that CF and PCMCIA are basically the same 
>> > technology
>> > : such that a CF->PCMCIA adapter is merely altering the connector.
>> > : Certainly the two adapters I have were so cheap I can't believe they
>> > : have any IDE/ATA logic in them.
>> >
>> > That's correct.  CF has fewer I/O pins that PC Card, and the CF to PC
>> > Card adapters just wire things up.
>> >
>> > Warner
>>
>> And on this matter, I just got a Sandisk Flash disk, with a 2.5" hdd
>> formfactor and pin config. I opened up the casing to find a pccard flash
>> card inside, connected to a pcb which only does electrical assignments. 
>> No
>> chips whatsoever. And this is from pccard->ide!!
>
> But that CF card may be running in some mode other than CF I/O right?
>
> Andy
Its a pccard flash card, not the CF form factor. I plugged it into my MP790 
pccard slot and is detected as another "Storage card".

Let me ping my Creative friends and find out more before I comment further 
... ;)