And finally, I like to have a couple of solitaire and golf games to pass the time while I'm sitting in the airport departure lounge. When you're traveling, there are bound to be times when that's not an option. Besides, it's simply not as convenient as when you have the data right at hand. The answer is to look over the increasing number and types of external storage devices and pick the one that offers the best blend of cost, compatibility and capacity to meet your specific needs. With the rapidly increasing storage capacity offered by solid-state devices such as Compact Flash and the Memory Stick, and miniaturized hard drives such as IBM's convenient 1GB MicroDrive, it's now easier to just take everything with you and not have to bother to pick and choose.
Smaller models are also available.
These matchbook-size drives are made to fit a Type III Compact Flash slot, and they also mate with a special PC Card adapter that's included in the package. Powered by the computer, it needs no batteries or power brick. Compaq Computer Corp. Armada. From a purely practical perspective, the MicroDrive immediately doubled the Armada's storage capacity without my having to send it off for service. It also works in some digital cameras.