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| My Sharp PV-6000 has an internal CF slot that I have had a generic (early release) SanDisk 512mb FAT32 card in for the past 7 years. I run most of my applications off the card and it seems reasonably fast. I am wondering if any of the new high speed cards like the 2g SanDisk UltraII might give me a speed increase. |
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Global Moderator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 12,670 |
Location: | Southern California | Status: | |
| Don't count on it. The speed limitation is on the H/PC side rather than the card side.  |
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| I presumed as much.
Does anyone else have any ideas?
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| Does it support more than 512MB in the CF card slot?
I use SD card reader and it is horribly slow. Transferring an 100MB file from the SD to the CF takes about 1h.
Transferring from the CF to an MMC takes about an 25 minutes. Very anoing indeed
I was thingking about using an MicroDrive now I don't use it on the road. Is that a good idea, is it faster?
Edited by boweb 2008-03-26 8:17 AM
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H/PC Philosopher Posts: | 313 |
Location: | Largo, FL | Status: | |
| Aren't MicroDrives a little more power consumptious?
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| My Clio 1050 supports a 2GB CF card, so assuming that wasn't part of the upgrade from the Clio 1000 (the PV6000's twin), it should be fine. Unless you have the Microdrive already lying around, regular CF cards are spacious and cheap enough that they're not worth using, unless you really need the extra capacity. |
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Factorite (Junior) Posts: | 40 |
Location: | Canada | Status: | |
| Older devices don't support the new high-speed memory cards, in either CF or SD formats. I stick to the older style "single-speed" CF cards for my Jornanda and Psion PDAs; the last one I got was $80 for a new 4 GB Sandisk. 8 GB cards are out now too. |
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| I have replaced my internal CF card with a new SanDisk Ultra II 2g card. I run most of my applications off the SD card.
Here are my results:
The new card is significantly faster than my original 512 card!!!! Apps come up faster, and moving or copying files much faster. I can play mp3's without stuttering. Next I'll try to convert some AVIs to 256 colors.
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| As expexted.... Although sustained transfer is no quicker latency is a lot lower so if you use it to run and store apps on you will usually see improved speed in most devices.
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| I have been using a 120X 8GB CF card for about a year now on my Jornada 728. Works absolutely fine. |
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H/PC Elite Posts: | 550 |
Location: | California, USA | Status: | |
| Quote skooter1121 - 2008-03-25 2:03 PM
My Sharp PV-6000 has an internal CF slot that I have had a generic (early release) SanDisk 512mb FAT32 card in for the past 7 years. I run most of my applications off the card and it seems reasonably fast. I am wondering if any of the new high speed cards like the 2g SanDisk UltraII might give me a speed increase.
You mention your old card is 512mb FAT32.... Do you really need FAT32 for that small a card and would reformatting to FAT increase that card's performance??  |
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H/PC Oracle Posts: | 16,175 |
Location: | Budapest, Hungary | Status: | |
| Quote Hal - 2008-04-12 7:52 PM
You mention your old card is 512mb FAT32.... Do you really need FAT32 for that small a card and would reformatting to FAT increase that card's performance??
FAT32 should be more reliable |
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Factorite (Senior) Posts: | 83 |
Location: | Oregon, | Status: | |
| In a lot of old hpcs, after 20x it doesn't change anything. (133x will act the same as 20x)
Edited by HellDragon 2008-04-15 5:44 PM
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