Thanks Gene. This gives me a sense of where I should be heading. Now,
can you direct me to a source for a 16-bit pcmcia CompactFlash
adapter? Newegg.com has CardBus adapters but I couldn't find a 16-bit
version.
Gary
On Nov 25, 2005, at 5:27 PM, duolist-
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Greetings. Whoa! Newegg.com has 1GB Viking CompactFlash cards for $40
(after $10 mail-in rebate) <http://www.newegg.com/Product/
Product.asp?
Item=N82E16820160138>! The product description says "high speed" but
doesn't quantify. I went to Viking's website and got the specs at
8MB/
sec read and 1.2MB/sec write. How does this translate into the
40X, 80X,
150X ratings I see on some cards? Is this fast enough for use as a
boot-drive in my PB2400c?
...snip...
1X=150KBps (Kilobytes per second), so my fuzzy math leads to an
estimate
of about 50X for that Viking card's 8 MB/sec read rate. The PCMCIA
specs
top out at 20 MB/sec so I'd be tempted to go for at least a 70X, which
should transfer date somehere in the 10 MB/sec range. I'd also
search for
cards with a faster write speed than 1.2 MB/sec (I'd want *at least*
double that, if not better). I'm only somewhat informed about flash
memory media, but I'd guess that the quality stuff would have better
read-to-write speed ratios.
--
Gene Osburn
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