Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:18:51 -0700 (PDT) From: "Peter C. Wallace" <pcw@mesanet.com> To: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: oversized floppies for picobsd? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0006291110000.7261-100000@freeby.mesanet.com> In-Reply-To: <200006290248.UAA60922@harmony.village.org>
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On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <0006282052521D.00531@tyr.dreamwvr.com> dreamwvr writes: > : yoru right actually disk on chip would be the prefered method IMHO for > : if you could and wanted to;-)) > > We've had supply and reliabilty problems with DOC. They are also more > than CF + adapter in the sizes that we're interested in. > > Warner > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message > I agree, we use 'embedded' CF (a CF controller chip and memory on the on CPU card itself) on some of our CPUs. Since they look like just an IDE drive, no special drivers are needed. Also CF is a mass market item so there is lots of competition keeping the price low. Also, good CF using NAND flash and ECC can support millions of writes, probably better than the media life of a floppy... Peter Wallace Mesa Electronics To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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