Messages in this thread | | | Date | 2 Nov 1999 15:35:28 -0000 | From | laird@sigkill ... | Subject | Re: jfs/linux |
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In article <E11iZN3-00027B-00@devel2.axiom.internal> you write: > >alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk said: >> Ditto with Compact flash (ATAPI). Compact flash according to the docs >> does its own wear levelling. Im still baffled why people use the >> other stuff 8) > >Cost, size, complexity. > >Why muck about with PCMCIA/IDE chipsets and CompactFlash when you can just >dump a chunk of NOR flash straight on your mainboard (or in a DIMM slot) and >use that?
Because you can remove it from the system without using a screwdriver :-). This counts as a major plus for some of us. Plus, it's *trivial* to connect an ATA flash card reader to a mass-market motherboard and then throw PCMCIA or CF flash cards into it. It ends up costing ~$150 for 8MB of bootable, removable flash this way, and you can scale up to 400+ MB of flash, if you need it.
Scott
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