Re: [NTLK] Used Linear Flash Cards

From: Laurent Daudelin (nemesys_at_cox.net)
Date: Tue Aug 13 2002 - 01:07:08 EDT

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on 12/08/02 22:16, Darren Mattone at dmattone_at_imageguild.com wrote:

> What's the scoop on used linear flash cards? I some that someone (a power
> seller) on ebay has 100 used Pretec 32MB flash cards for $50 and wondered
> what type of risk I take buying used memory cards.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1372059402
>
> I'm new to purchasing things for my MP2000(UG) so any advice is appreciated.

Using a used card is fine as long as the card hasn't been used in some Cisco
routers. Those routers have been reported to wear off a card pretty quickly,
as there is a certain number of write cycles that can be achieved before the
card starts getting bad sectors. As soon as the card has a bad sector, the
Newton OS cannot map out the sector and use those known to be good, so the
card cannot be used anymore in any MP. Try to learn from the seller where
the card was used before.

-Laurent.

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