Compact disks like all flash memory DO "wear out." This has to do more with write cycles than for read cycles tho. SanDisk did a white paper on this in 2003--here's the info on that:
http://whitepapers.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000651,260098377p,00.htm Note that most Cf can replace blocks that wear out, and that the life expectancy is a million+ cycles--but it IS finite. (For that matter all hard drives will fail at some point, too.) A recent article in either MacWorld or MacLife talking about the solid-state drives now being offered even stated that flash memory has a finite life--tho they did mentioned this only in passing. Howard On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Noah Wood <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 23, 2009 at 2:02 AM, Powerbook G3 > Store<[email protected]> wrote: > > Good News G Books readers, I was able to get the IDE-CF adapter working > in a > > Pismo 400 /192 RAM loaded with Mac OS X 10.3.9. The trick appears to be > > getting the right CF card. I tried slower ones and the reader would send > > power to them and a red status light would power on but the card would > not > > recognize. > > The card I used is a Centon Advanced 8GB 200X 30ms from Fry's here in > SoCal. > > The adapter is generic and I paid about $4-5 for it on eBay from a > seller > > in Hong Kong. Apparently these come in double CF slot versions and some > > newer SD card type. > > The connector is just attached to the Pismo hard drive cable with no > caddy. > > I may use electrical tape to secure it to the bottom of the case. > > Thanks Richard for raising the question, I bought a new CF card and > forgot > > about it until you mentioned it here in the newsgroup. > > I read that flash media gets bad sectors and wears out compared to > > Microdrive technology. With a heavy read/write load on a CF does anyone > > think there will be reliability issues here? > > TERRY > > Irvine CA 92612 > > So how does it perform? Amazingly well. It is very fast and eerie > silent. > > I think the applications open faster than from a 5400 hard drive. There > is > > no latency. > > > > I don't think you would have to worry about the CF card vs Microdrive. > This used to be somewhat of an issue in the past, but the flash > memory technology has improved exponentially over the past few years. > You should not have an issue, especially using brand name cards. BTW, > I'm glad you've had success, I've been pondering this project for > either my 2400 or Lombard for a while now, and if you've got it > working, I think it's time I do the same. > > Cheers! > > > -- > /\/ () /-\ |-| \/\/ () () |) > "There are two types of people in this world, those who've lost data > and those who will" > Boxbe: MW9518BM > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
