Re: Apple2Info.Net is Back Online!

["William Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"John" <zzzjoki@yahoo.com> wrote in message 1179435045.665646.303320@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com">news:1179435045.665646.303320@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
: On May 17, 10:34 am, "William Garber" <willy4...@garberstreet.com>
: wrote:
: > "John" <zzzj...@yahoo.com> wrote in message1179412691.619997.308400@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com">news:1179412691.619997.308400@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
: >
: > : On May 16, 7:10 pm, Dave Touvell <apple2info....@gmail.com> wrote:
: > : > Apple2Info.Net is back on line at the same address:http://apple2info.net.
: > : >
: > : > The Apple ][ Links is back at:http://links.apple2.info.net.
: > : >
: > : > The latest backups I had were from 5-Sep-06 for apple2info.net and 28-
: > : > Oct-06 for the links site. I think these were the last updates that I
: > : > did, but if anybody has a newer one, let me know.
: > : >
: > : > Hopefully my new el-cheapo host will stick around awhile this time.
: > : >
: > : > Dave
: > :
: > : In CFforAppleII_Manual_1.0 it said the SanDisk CF cards
: > : manage or map out bad sectors dynamically. Do all or most
: > : CF cards do this? Is data moved to a safe place, somehow,
: > : when a sector starts to fail?
: >
: > I have yet to come across one that doesn't.
: >
: > : In you opinion or best guess, would typical reliability
: > : be much greater than, about the same as, or less than
: > : older A2 HD?
: >
: > Are we comparing new to old, or new to when it was new?
: > I'd expect something new to outlast something that is
: > 10-20 years old.
: >
: > : (I picked up a couple of linear flash cards for a Newton
: > : recently which were used in a router and wonder if I'll
: > : see data loss later, or just a few less bytes over time)
: >
: > You should see less bytes immediately, even on a brand
: > new card, because of the percentage of bits set aside
: > for the purpose of mapping out future bad sectors.
:
: Does the "set aside" area grow or change over time? Or is it finite
: and slowly consumed?
:
: For Apple users, what do you think a failing CF card behave like?
: For example, a gradual failure, or sudden catastrophic?
:
: People will be putting worn CF cards in their Apple 2s.

Judging from my own use and those I've set-up for others,
out of more than, taking a guess, 70-80 CF cards, none of
the folks I've sent them to have reported a failure, and
only one has failed for me, a used one, and it was very
gradual, and limited to a single folder containing just
a few files. Figuring that this was due to no more bits
to use for recovery, I copied off the partitions using
Ciderpress, and wrote them to a new CF card, then trashed
that CF card. Since then I have had no problems at all.

William Garber
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