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Re: AnyCard project



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In article <z9Yyd.9254$HV5.1018@fe09.lga>,
Smohn Jith <khorster@optonline.net> wrote:
>I was looking through the AnyCard project stuff and I'm wondering why it's 
>going to have a Compact Flash slot?  There is already a product that does 
>it, and if it's going to have USB you can buy a 8 in1 reader for like $20 to 
>read Compact Flash.

CompactFlash, unlike other flash-memory formats, uses a 16-bit parallel
connection to the computer instead of a serial connection.  You can get
faster transfer speeds with much less overhead, and the hardware is a fair
bit simpler.

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