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Subject: Re: CF cards wear out?
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On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Matthew D. Fuller wrote:

>
> Note, though, that Microdrives tend to have a really low advertised MTBF.
> I mean, _really_ low.  Like, maybe a year of constant running?


Thanks much for the warning. I was a bit undecided, but that last piece
of info really pushes me in the direction of a CF card and log to a separate machine.