I have a Compact Flash card in my PB520 in the card cage. It automatically recognizes it as an extra harddrive (shows up as a PC format on the desktop). this is perfectly usable and the CF card can still be used directly in PC machines (for transferring digital pix for instance. The readme says In order to see it as a mac drive, I would have to turn of PC Exchange and then reformat that drive". However, once I did that, if I ever wanted it formated pc/dos again it is necessary to do that with the CF in a dis machine, because drive setup or the erase or reformat on the mac cannot do that. I think if I did format that drive it would then be available to use as virtual memory, because the mac would see it as a mac drive. It is my understanding that this is faster than the regular harddrive for VM , because it is connected to the motherboard via the cardcage connection. Donna Pointer-- iMac, ergo iAm
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) > Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 15:00:27 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) > Subject: PowerBooks Digest #542 > > From: "coltrane davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Flash Cards as RAM? > Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 14:32:44 +0000 > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi folks: can anyone share their experiences on using flash cards > (Compactflash, ATA Flash, etc.) as Virtual Memory on their PowerBooks? ie: > format the card as a drive and use that drive as VM to augment PBs with low > max RAM ceilings (specifically, the 5300). Is there any point if CF or ATA > Flash is slower than a HD? -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
