Thanks, Dave!
I had actually searched the web but couldn't turn up an actual specs on it.
But I've never been known for my skills at doing searches. :)
So if 10 Mb/sec is true, that's only 1.25 MB/second, and the Handspring Springboard is
still king!
I hope this speed isn't a true limit -> since Lexar already has flash cars in excess
of 1.8 MB/second, it's only a matter of time
before the speed goes even higher.
Dave Johnson wrote:
> You can do a web search for the real answer, of course, but I seem to
> remember the phrase "up to 10 Mb/second"...
>
> Dave Johnson
>
> At 9:07 PM -0500 3/19/01, DIAMOND JEFF wrote:
> >Relative to the core Palm bus speed of roughly 14 megabytes/second
> >thoughput (observed)
> >
> >The Springboard expansion slot has a tolerable*, but slow transfer rate
> >of about 1.5 megabytes/second.
> >
> >SmartMedia cards are also just on the edge of tolerable - while Sandisk
> >are only about 0.5 MB/second, Lexar makes media that is 1.5 MB/second.
> >
> >
> >The Sony memory sticks are horrible - 0.25 megabtes/second read and 0.06
> >megabytes/second write speed - fast only when you compare with the
> >internet.
> >
> >=> So now the big question - how fast are Secure Digital cards? They
> >claim speed is their big asset. <=
> >
> >Thanks!
> >- Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >* To illustrate "tolerable", a 160 x 160 16-bit display being copied
> >could achieve less than 15 frames per second at 1.5 megabytes/second.
> >Of course, you can copy all your data files into "RAM", but that takes
> >time too: An 8-meg springboard cartridge would take over 5 seconds to
> >copy into "RAM".
> >
> >
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