Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 14:38:48 -0600 From: dreamwvr <dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, "Peter C. Wallace" <pcw@mesanet.com> Cc: freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: oversized floppies for picobsd? Message-ID: <00062914395322.00531@tyr.dreamwvr.com> In-Reply-To: <200006291833.MAA35186@harmony.village.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.20.0006291110000.7261-100000@freeby.mesanet.com> <200006291833.MAA35186@harmony.village.org>
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Hi, What CF hw manufacturers work seemlessly with BSD, and Linux and ideas? TIA dreamwvr@dreamwvr.com > In message <Pine.BSF.4.20.0006291110000.7261-100000@freeby.mesanet.com> "Peter C. Wallace" writes: > : 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... > > We've yet to wear out a CF (CompactFlash) memory card. We've broken > two or three DOC2k chips, but I think that was the bad lot of them > they got a while back rather than really wearing them out. > > Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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