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Re: AnyCard project
- Subject: Re: AnyCard project
- From: salfter@salfter.diespammersdie.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)
- Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 22:42:34 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: USS Voyager NCC-74656, Delta Quadrant
- References: <z9Yyd.9254$HV5.1018@fe09.lga>
- Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.sys.apple2:6444
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In article <z9Yyd.9254$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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