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kareno wrote:...You can tell that huge committees are behind a lot of these designs, can't you?
kareno wrote:I've been kinda put off SD cards by tales of protracted busy periods when the internal microcontroller is doing its hair or something. Have you noticed any long read access times?
Steve Anderson wrote:kareno wrote:...You can tell that huge committees are behind a lot of these designs, can't you?
When you actually grasp how this all works (and I'm not quite there yet) it's no wonder why hard-drives fail when they have to do all this seeking back-and-forth across vast tracts of unused disc-space.
Viewmaster wrote:...Have often wondered if Microsoft is in cahoots with HD manufacturers to wear out our hard drives prematurely.
Steve Anderson wrote:It makes one wonder what Seagate, Western Digital and others are going to do? It's either join them or sink.
Viewmaster wrote:I don't think Seagate will ever sink.
Steve Anderson wrote:Some time ago I also had a 1GB IBM MicroDrive which is the same form-factor as a fat CF card. But that camera it was used in was stolen, it's a rather specialized device and today its storage/price ratio is a no-go. I don't know if IBM still make them.
Steve Anderson wrote:When I think back to my first 'IBM Compatible'...with a 40MB (yes, 40MB) hard drive...before that I had an Amstrad PCW9512...stop laughing!
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