Re: SRAM vs Flash-RAM

Philip J. Mercurio (mercurio@nsi.edu)
Thu, 6 Jun 1996 11:52:35 -0700

: MagicRAM offers the following sizes of Flash for the OmniGo 100. These cards
: require a one-time installation of a proprietary driver using a serial cable
: or the HP Connectivity Kit.
:
:
: 2MB 169.00
: 4MB 249.00

They also sell an 8MB flash for a little under $400. They seemed
kind of reluctant to sell it to me, I'm not sure they have many
in stock.

I only had the OmniGo for a little over a week before I got the
flash card, so it's hard to judge the battery drain. Using the
serial port seems to drain the batteries very quickly, but with
the flash card and my laptop's PCMCIA slots, I don't need to
transfer files via the serial port any more. So having a flash
card might actually save on batteries! :-)

Phil Mercurio The Neurosciences Institute
mercurio@nsi.edu San Diego, California
http://www.nsi.edu/users/mercurio

"It's never too late to have a happy childhood." -- Tom Robbins

They also sell an 8MB flash for a little under $400. They seemed
kind of reluctant to sell it to me, I'm not sure they have many
in stock.

I only had the OmniGo for a little over a week before I got the
flash card, so it's hard to judge the battery drain. Using the
serial port seems to drain the batteries very quickly, but with
the flash card and my laptop's PCMCIA slots, I don't need to
transfer files via the serial port any more. So having a flash
card might actually save on batteries! :-)

Phil Mercurio The Neurosciences Institute
mercurio@nsi.edu San Diego, California
http://www.nsi.edu/users/mercurio

"It's never too late to have a happy childhood." -- Tom Robbins