They are cool little computers used to work getting streaming working on them.
Very common computers in my country, also the blue model is faster and have more memory.
Yes works great, in my case was installed internally inside the ibm portable so i don't care about enclosure.
Also yes is pricey but was the only option back then, not sure now if there's a cheaper alternative.
build my own microsd to parallel thingy and it works is dog slog but works, maybe is slower than the floppy drive.
First tested a 512 meg microsd what i considered ideal but is not detected by the driver, then changed to a 32 gig one and that was detected ok
For some reason tried a 512 megs...