Re: Apple2 USB Stick interface with Vinculum chip

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Paul Schlyter wrote:
> In article <9JadnQAH6JJiAq7bnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d@comcast.com>,
> Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> > BluPhoenyx wrote:
> >
> >
> > > It could also allow users to take advantage of the smaller sized (in 
> > > memory) cards which should be getting very cheap. For example, I have an 
> > > 8 mb card from a digital camera from when we replaced it for a larger 
> > > version.
> >
> > Actually, though there are no doubt lots of older smaller cards around
> > that would be considered "junk", it's getting hard to find new flash
> > media less than a gigabyte.
>
>
> Perhaps that depends on where you live, but I could easily go out and
> buy flash memory cards of 256 or 512 MBytes tomorrow if I wanted to -
> both CF, SD and Memory Stick.  Smaller cards than that I'm currently
> unable to find though.
>
>
> > And 1-2GB is about the "sweet spot" in terms of pricing, too, with the
> > price running about $7/GB.  Of course, this depends loosely on speed,
> > but *any* speed media is "fast" for the Apple II.
>
>
> You're quite right about the "sweet spot" in pricing.  Those 256 and 512
> MB cards I referred to above aren't much cheaper than the 1 GB cards.
> The 512 MB cards are perhaps 25% cheaper and the 256 MB cards 35%
> cheaper than the 1 GB cards.

Over here (US), those smaller devices are usually available in stores
that sell for full retail, and so are typically *more* expensive than
the 1GB devices that are widely discounted by electronics stores.

They are clearly no longer "mainstream" production, but are often
old stock.

> > As you probably know, there is a worldwide glut of NAND flash memory
> > capacity, and prices are expected to stay unusually low for at least
> > the rest of the year.  (Of course, that's in addition to the usual
> > Moore's "Law" downward price trend.)
> >
> > -michael
> >
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> >
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