Re: [Freedos-user] IDE <-> CF adapters

2020-12-24 Thread ZB
On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 02:00:31PM +0100, tom ehlert wrote: > this obviously doesn't depend on time, but on the way you use it, in > particular how much you write to it. BTW: professional photographers use their CF-cards much more intensively than I am using it as HDD replacement. Here's a whole

Re: [Freedos-user] IDE <-> CF adapters

2020-12-24 Thread ZB
On Thu, Dec 24, 2020 at 02:00:31PM +0100, tom ehlert wrote: > > >> 1. This is bad idea - use flash cards for swap or more modern os (like all > >> windows). I had experience with 16 TF cards, which die after 1 year > >> (rewrite > >> limit). All 16 cards work in non-overloaded machines. > > > M

Re: [Freedos-user] IDE <-> CF adapters

2020-12-24 Thread tom ehlert
>> 1. This is bad idea - use flash cards for swap or more modern os (like all >> windows). I had experience with 16 TF cards, which die after 1 year (rewrite >> limit). All 16 cards work in non-overloaded machines. > My CF card is used as "HDD" 3rd month - we'll see in 9 months will it survive.

Re: [Freedos-user] Casio Algebra 2.0 can Freedos be, installed?

2020-12-24 Thread Bob Yates
Thanks for the answers, I knew it was a long shot. I won several of these at auction, so have some for possibly destructive experiments. ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/f

Re: [Freedos-user] IDE <-> CF adapters

2020-12-24 Thread ZB
On Tue, Dec 22, 2020 at 02:37:44PM +0100, DosWorld via Freedos-user wrote: > 1. This is bad idea - use flash cards for swap or more modern os (like all > windows). I had experience with 16 TF cards, which die after 1 year (rewrite > limit). All 16 cards work in non-overloaded machines. My CF card

Re: [Freedos-user] Package discussion

2020-12-24 Thread Bryan Kilgallin
Hi Eric: My impression is that there would be FULL and EXTRA sized ISOs, with "only online / on ibiblio" as being the third level of escalation. If my bird bath is full, and I add extra water to it, then it will overflow! I tend to drop VIM as the largest - ELVIS still remains. I like Vim!