Hi Mary Ellen: Having regular flash cards inserted into the BN does in fact have a slight effect on the battery life of the BN, though this is more obvious when the unit is on than when off. HTH, Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ellen Earls" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 5:50 PM Subject: [Braillenote] flash cards pcmcia cards
> It really depends upon the manufacturer of the pcmcia cards. For example I > bought a tosheva pcmcia 5 gb microdrive from Pulsedata about a year and a > half ago and it was one longish unit about the size of a credit card. The > tosheva microdrive which houses the gps maps is a longish rectangle about > the size of a credit card. > Now I also have an IBM 1 gb microdrive which comes in 2 parts. It can be > slid in the rear portion or slot of my Braille Note and used as in a flash > card, or put into the other part which is a pcmcia adapter and slid into the > side of the unit. > Microdrives have moving parts in them, thus they can run your battery down > and if left in your machine cause among other things, an automatic hard > reset when you turn the machine on. A flash card has no moving parts and if > you received your gps with the bn you received a flash card held in an > adapter that slid into the side slot. These can be left in the slot and I > had mine in that slot for about a year and a half until the Version 2 of the > GPS came out. > These are like floppy disks and to my knowledge, do not use any battery > power. > Now you can correct me if I am wrong on this last point. > Ok that's it. > > Mary Ellen Earls > Remember! Today is the Tomorrow you thought about yesterday.
