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Re: Z80 based wearable

At 07:49 1/05/00 -0400, you wrote:
>On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 11:31:27AM +0900,  thus spake:
>> At 00:01 1/05/00 +0100, you wrote:
>> >Looking around slashdot, the PSX (Sony PlayStation) documentation
project is
>> >available. It includes major details on interfacing to the memory cards.
>> >Programs for our Z80 won't take up that much space, so how about PSX
memory
>> >card compatibility? BTW, it's 128k of nvram, available in the UK for about
>> >£5 - bugger all.
>> >
>> >Alex
>> >
>> 
>> Hmmmm interesting idea Alex, but that's too much for too little, also the
>> PSX mem cards are addressed in 128K pages so even a 120 block card would
>> only give you 128K of contiguous memory, I think most of us would be better
>> off with Compact Flash or Smart Media.
>> 
>> Jorn
>> http://wearable.8k.com
>> Wearable Computers Australia Resource Site
>
>For what I want to do (Forth machine wearable), 128k is a lot of mass-storage
>and an evening spent on google/altavista has yielded zip info on how to
>interface to commercial flash cards.
>Also, flash storage is <censored> expensive.
>Besides, combined with a little RAM, one could turn a card into paged
>memory a la Expanded Memory as in PCs.
>
>Eric LaForest 
>
Well, I purchased a 4Mb Compact flash card for my WinCE Palm unit for
AUS$13 in Tokyo that's 5 Pounds UK 8-)

Jorn
http://wearable.8k.com
Wearable Computers Australia Resource Site

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