Re: SCSI CompactFlash success

["Terry & Utahna" <tolsen64@hotmail.com>]

> True that, but I'm told that there are only so many read/write operations
> allowed to a bit before that part of the card fails and becomes unusable.
> Is that true?  About how many operations does it take?  I'm really
attracted
> to the idea of a CF drive on my IIgs, but not if running apps off it
> regularly will cause it to die in a year from overuse.
> What is the MTF for a heavily-used CF card?

Usually, the packaging on a CF Card will tell you the approximate number of
writes you can do.  Usually, it's around a million.  Anyway, reading from a
CF card does not harm the CF card at all, and does not count toward the
number of writes the card can take.  Only writing to the card brings it
closer to the end of its life-cycle.

I am running an Apple IIe from a CF card, keep all my files on floppies, so
I rarely write to the CF.  I think it'll work fine for a very long time like
this.