Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 14:50:00 -0400 From: "Christopher G. Petrilli" <petrilli@amber.org> To: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New microdrives from IBM Message-ID: <19981007145000.13227@amber.org> In-Reply-To: <199810071844.LAA24566@freebie.dcfinc.com>; from Chad R. Larson on Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 11:44:48AM -0700 References: <19981007100029.30754@amber.org> <199810071844.LAA24566@freebie.dcfinc.com>
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On Wed, Oct 07, 1998 at 11:44:48AM -0700, Chad R. Larson wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 11:43:25PM -0700, Tony Li wrote: > > > > Unfortunately most embedded environments I've worked with, moving disks > > aren't really acceptable as the G forces will kill them... try saking > > your notebook around while it's runnning and slamming it against the > > wall, etc :-) Please don't call me for warranty <wink> > > Well, they aren't shipping yet, so who really knows. But the initial target > market is to replace flash memory cards in digital cameras. In other words, > portable consumer products. I know, but this is quite different than a lot of embedded applications. We'll see anyway, flash is here to stay for the forseeable future, especially since most people don't need 340MB :-) Chris -- | Christopher Petrilli | petrilli@amber.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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