Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: jfs/linux | Date | Tue, 02 Nov 1999 08:32:49 +0000 | From | David Woodhouse <> |
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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?
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