The card comes pre-formatted but you'll need to have a serial interface cable and a PC running
Windows 3.1 or 95 to transfer the special driver to the Ogo or else the card won't work. The
installation is fairly straightforward. The instructions contain a boldface warning on each page as
follows: "Do not format MagicRAM Flash card in the OmniGo because this will erase critical files and
the card will not be recognised."
There aren't any guidelines on how to reformat the card or what to do if the card is accidentally
formatted in the Ogo - return to MagicRAM??? Finally, the floppy that comes with the card also
contains a special driver for use on a PC with a PCMCIA slot. I should point out that I'm only using
the card as a data backup which it does fine.
Regards
Al
>
> On Wed, 8 May 1996, Alasdair Watson wrote:
>
> > Cyrus Lendvay wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm still looking for someone who has purchased one of the special Flash
> > > RAM cards from MagicRAM (The one that needs the special driver). I would
> > > like to hear your experiences. I guess the biggest question I would have
> > > is "Does it work?" And possibly, "How reliable is it?"
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > -Cyrus-
> >
> > I bought a 2MB MagicRAM Flash Card a couple of weeks ago and haven't had any
> > problems. The manufacturer claims the read performance is the same as for SRAM
> > cards but apparently the transfer rate has been limited to conserve battery
> > life. One drawback is that you can't use the OmniGo to format the card. Hope
> > this helps.
> >
> > Regards
> > --
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> > * Alasdair Watson *
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