Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 2 Nov 1999 17:33:31 +0100 (MET) | From | Bjorn Wesen <> | Subject | Re: jfs/linux |
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On 2 Nov 1999 laird@sigkill.org wrote: > >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.
Well, for example, we build embedded devices with a $5 flash rom chip. Being able to use that $5 chip instead of adding an ATA interface, a PCMCIA interface and a $150 flash card, counts as a major plus for some of us :)
-Bjorn
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