4gb hitachi microdrive compatible with ibm microdrive? will it work in the z50?

I'm using a 5 gig microdrive in my MobilePro 780.  Works
great.

> On 8/15/06, Andy Ruhl <acruhlgmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/15/06, nick thompson
<nicholas.thompson1mchsi.com> wrote:
> > > Wow. Now I see there are 4 gig cf II and 8
gig cards that might be cf
> > > III if there is such a thing. I mean,
obviously I would like as much
> > > storage as I can get, but I don't want to
spend more money just to find
> > > out that 2 gigs is the highest the z50 can
work with. Anyone have any
> > > thoughts? And, does a microdrive take more
battery than a regular cf card?
> >
> > If it's advertised to be CF II, then there's no
reason why it
> > shouldn't work. I'm using a 2 gig microdrive in
my NEC Mobilepro 880
> > with no problems. If it doesn't work, then it's
a problem with the IBM
> > machine and not the drive. As far as I know, if
it's labeled CF II,
> > then the drive will work. Question is if it will
be able to use all of
> > it under CE. Should be able to use all of it under
NetBSD though,
> > unless the controller can't handle it. The
limitations on CF cards is
> > usually the filesystem used natively by the device
(some form of FAT
> > usually), not necessarily anything else.
> >
> > They do draw a lot more battery power. Quite
noticeably shorter
> > battery life on my NEC.
> >
> > Andy
> >
>