[NTLK] Linear Flash Card Questions

Chris Browder kcfoxie at gmail.com
Wed Aug 29 11:35:36 EDT 2012


On this topic, I have an Apple 2MB card (red label) and a non-Apple 4MB
card that I'd be willing to trade for a comparable eMate compatible flash
card.

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:25 AM, William Maloney <
william.maloney.09 at cnu.edu> wrote:

> Can anyone vouch for a good CF card size to use on an MP2000 that will
> not freeze things down too much? Its far better than what I had before
> (4GB) but Newton "thinks" too much when doing basic tasks like word
> processing.
>
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:02 AM, Dan <dan at dbdigitalweb.com> wrote:
> > Something that also should be mentioned here, the larger the card the
> > more "heap" or "RAM" is used to keep track of every byte on the card.
> > So the larger the card, the more heap is taken if you use the space or
> > not.  Therefore newtons with less heap (ram) such as 1.x should stick
> > with smaller cards such as 4 or 8mb.  Personally I would go with 4 and
> > carry a few cards, as it is better than frequently running out of heap.
> >
> > While you can freeze unused packages to save heap (every installed
> > package takes heap if you use it or not), it does slow down usability
> > since you have to thaw it before use.  Sure it only takes a second or
> > two, but if you have to do a it a lot, it gets annoying.  Still it is a
> > way of carrying more packages around (especially if not used much) than
> > you normally would without running into the heap "the system is unable
> > to do what you asked, restarting may fix this problem" wall.
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> > On 8/24/2012 5:29 AM, Matej Horvat wrote:
> >>> 2.) What is the maximum memory card size for Newton OS 1.x?
> >>
> >> I don't know, but I've been using a 20 MB card for years without
> problems. However, I've hardly ever used more than 5 MB of it, because you
> either run out of heap or your Extras drawer gets full. You can use
> NewtCase to solve both of these problems, but it can get kind of messy, and
> it's too slow for frequent use.
> >>
> >> So I think it's best to get more smaller cards if you want to store
> packages on it. But for data and backups (note: the built-in backup
> functionality in 1.x can only do full backups), it's OK.
> >>
> >> Matej Horvat
> >
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