[RBASE-L] - Re: Pen Drive

[William Stacy]

I like the speed and capacity, but it's probably a spinning drive, which is probably going to be way more shock sensitive than the flash memory units, no?  I think the pen drive is rated around 15 g's or more, and even at that I managed to knock loose a diode or something from one. And the cost differential is not insignificant: $430 for the 80 gig. At under $50, the pen drives even make nifty geeky gifts (say that 3 times) bill Ben wrote: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/electronic/635f/   ThinkGeek used to carry mor like this, but I think they gave up when they found:   http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/drives/5ad4/   A Pocket Sized USB Drive that can hold 80Gb.  That pretty much covers anything I've needed.  ----- Original Message ----- From: David R. Billing To: RBASE-L Mailing List Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 5:26 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Pen Drive Hi Guys,   The Wall Street Journal had an article today on a wrist watch with 256MB memory that you hooked up to a USB port and served the same function, a portable data storage.  I used to be stuck carrying a Zip disk, and before that reels and cartridges of tape, around in my brief case.  Anybody remember the cartrifile?  Dick Tracy must be enjoying himself now.  I wonder what he's using these days.   Dave Billing Tall Tree Business Solutions ----- Original Message ----- From: William Stacy To: RBASE-L Mailing List Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 3:10 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Pen Drive Either name is ok.  The Pen Drive (that's it's trademark name) came with both a little loop built in and a lanyard that is easily attached to the loop. I used to carry it on my keychain but but once the loop broke and I dropped it and drove over it before I noticed it. Fortunately they've gotten pretty cheap.  I got my last one at Radio Shack. bill Bernard Lis wrote: Hi Bill  (or do you prefer to be called William?),   5. copies it to my pen drive (a 64 meg hard drive that I wear around my neck on the way home) These are great things for taking mod's to the customer, I used to use a zip disk or a laptop. How did you attach the string to the drive? Mine is more like a stick (only 32 MB), I try to carry it in my pocket, but I'm afraid it might get lost when I put my hand in and out of my pocket. If I put it in my briefcase, I always have to spend time fishing for it.  A string around the neck sounds like a good idea, but there is nothing to attach it to.  do they have carrying cases for these things?   Bernie Lis