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From: John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com>
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Subject: Re: Compactflash cards dying?
To: davidsen@tmr.com (Bill Davidsen)
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 21:07:14 +0000 (GMT)
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> > [snip discussion about Compact Flash cards]
> 
> > Or is there a reason why this hasn't been done?  PROMs are much
> > cheaper than Compact Flash...
> 
> And zero cameras, printers, PCMCIA cards and USB adaptors for them.

So?  Maybe I just have fond memories of my Sinclair Z88 which was
exclusively solid state, using cheap, (well, they weren't so cheap 15
years ago), EPROMs, that I never lost a single bit to, and that are
still readable today.

John.
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