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Re: Z80 based wearable

On Mon, May 01, 2000 at 10:02:42PM +0900,  thus spake:
> >Also, flash storage is <censored> expensive.
> >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

Sure..but I can't find any info on how to talk to those modules.
Also, I'd get the 64MB+ sizes, and rig an LP3 MP3 player into the
wearable.
Besides, they seem too slow to be used as live memory for
data acquisition.

Otherwise, a PSX module is cheap, documented and big enough to
store *massive* amounts of Forth code.
I'll interface it with a PIC for glue, and it'll behave as a
word addressable storage device on a non-memory bus, so speed
becomes irrelevant, despite it's crawling slowness.
(still better than audio tape)
At least that's the plan..this is still mental drawing board stuff
and if a better alternative shows up, i'll take it.
(and the cool factor of using such modules is...rather elevated...;)

I guess a separate MP3 player is still requred. oh well. :)

Eric LaForest

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