Re: Apple2Info.Net is Back Online!

[John <zzzjoki@yahoo.com>]

On May 17, 2:34 pm, "William Garber" <willy4...@garberstreet.com>
wrote:
> "John" <zzzj...@yahoo.com> wrote in message1179435045.665646.303320@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com">news:1179435045.665646.303320@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
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> : On May 17, 10:34 am, "William Garber" <willy4...@garberstreet.com>: wrote:
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> : > "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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Thanks Bill.

It sounds like you'd get a little time before everything went bad.