[sdiy] Interesting Midi Box for Parts etc...

[Glen]

At 02:56 AM 3/20/02 , CHoaglin at aol.com wrote: 
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> In a message dated 3/20/02 1:20:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> alcratin at hotmail.com writes: 
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>> . The standard PCMCIA Blank PCMCIA card is sold at any 
>> Mars or GC for about $100.  
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> And don't even THINK about getting bent over by them for $100 for it. You can
> get an 8MB flash card for 10 bucks or so on ebay. It might or might not need
> to be a Type I card as opposed to Type II, but I'm not sure. A 16MB card goes
> for $20 on pricewatch + shipping...more than enough memory to store all the
> sequences you could ever want....Actually, while we're on the subject of
> flash, do any of the EE's here know if there's the equivalent of a read
> protect security bit on a flash card? I'm guessing no due to how they're
> accessed. Better yet, does anybody know of software to copy cards with? 
>
> -Chris



I don't think he ever said it was a "flash" PCMCIA card. Maybe it's SRAM
instead? That might explain the higher price.


Later,
Glen