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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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