Subject: Re: dead computer
To: Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de>
From: Andrew Diller <dillera@sudanacid.com>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 04/19/2002 17:31:53
Yes but the microdrive crushes the flash cards on writes. My Z50 is much 
faster with a MD. Using the big battery makes it usable for long lengths of 
time.

andy

--On Friday, April 19, 2002 1:41 AM +0200 Bernd Sieker <bsieker@freenet.de> 
wrote:

> Time to save money for a 512MB (or 1GB?) CF Card. And in the latest
> c't (renowned German computer magazine) a test showed that there are
> _huge_ differences in CF-card energy consumption; standby powers range
> from 0(!) to 80 mW, depending on the brand. I think Kingston and
> Toshiba were at 0, some others actually actually drew as much current
> as IBM's MicroDrive.
>
>
>> Warner
>>
>
> --
> Bernd Sieker
>
> NetBSD: Rock solid!
> 		-- Lars-Johan Liman