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#276663 - 12/03/2006 16:38 Re: flash memory [Re: FireFox31]
gbeer carpal tunnel Registered: 17/12/2000 Posts: 2665 Loc: Manteca, California	Quote: Multiwave in California has the Cruzer Micro for $49 Too bad I cheaped out and got some 512's, the prices are droping daily. I bought a pair of these. I noticed one thing that is different between them and the 512 micro curser I already had. The 512 reports that it is bootable, while the 1GB items do not. Might be something I did to the 512 and forgot about. If only this laptop would actually boot from a usb port.
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#276664 - 12/03/2006 17:25 Re: flash memory [Re: gbeer]
Robotic pooh-bah Registered: 06/04/2005 Posts: 2026 Loc: Seattle transplant	Quote: Edit: It was a fulish question! Google sorted me out. Just buy a 2.5" form ide flash drive. Wow! Exactly! Without the physical limitations of a spinning disk, the Empeg would have a whole new lease on life. Beyond allowing multiple orientation mounting, the drive(s) could be left in read/write all the time. This would make a few dreamt-of options a possibility, I imagine. Would RAM become less of an issue because a swap partition would be available? _________________________ 10101311 (20GB- backup empeg) 10101466 (2x60GB, Eutronix/GreenLights Blue) (Stolen!)
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#276665 - 12/03/2006 17:35 Re: flash memory [Re: Robotic]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	Quote: Would RAM become less of an issue because a swap partition would be available? No. You shouldn't use flash as swap because you'll wear it out very quickly.
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#276666 - 12/03/2006 19:20 Re: flash memory [Re: matthew_k]
FireFox31 pooh-bah Registered: 19/09/2002 Posts: 2494 Loc: East Coast, USA	CF interface in empeg under a plexiglass lid. I vote this as one the "best mods evar". Picture attached incase the site goes down. Attachments 277702-kildal.dk-CFcardmod.jpg (291 downloads) _________________________ - FireFox31 110gig MKIIa (30+80), Eutronix lights, 32 meg stacked RAM, Filener orange gel lens, Greenlights Lit Buttons green set
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#276667 - 12/03/2006 19:56 Re: flash memory [Re: FireFox31]
sein old hand Registered: 07/01/2005 Posts: 893 Loc: Sector ZZ9pZa	That is amazing! What a cool idea. _________________________ Hussein
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#276668 - 30/03/2006 02:10 Re: flash memory [Re: loren]
gbeer carpal tunnel Registered: 17/12/2000 Posts: 2665 Loc: Manteca, California	Quote: 16GB thumb drive announced today... man I wish they'd hurry it up with the capacity wars. I can't wait to slap 80gb of flash in my empeg. =] On Engadget a a 64GB thumb drive for $5k. _________________________ Glenn
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#276669 - 30/03/2006 02:50 Re: flash memory [Re: tman]
lectric pooh-bah Registered: 20/01/2002 Posts: 2085 Loc: New Orleans, LA	Quote: You shouldn't use flash as swap because you'll wear it out very quickly. I wasn't aware this was a big deal... My ipaq uses flash for swap. Doesn't it?
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#276670 - 30/03/2006 03:16 Re: flash memory [Re: lectric]
matthew_k pooh-bah Registered: 12/02/2002 Posts: 2298 Loc: Berkeley, California	Doubtfull. It probably using normal volatile ram of some sort, which is why the battery dieing causes it to forget everything it ever knew. This always seemed like an amazingly bad design decision and is probably based on flash prices at least 8 years ago. Many current PocketPC's include a flash disk, but this usualy shows up seperatly from the main "drive" which is ROM copied into memory. Another side effect of this is that the thing can never turn itself off, so the batteries are empty (and it has forgotten everything it ever knew) in just a few weeks no matter what. This could have all changed with the most recent Wince revision, I havn't been keeping up. Matthew
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