The card is a model FAD032-P. I am having them replace it ASAP. I'm hoping
the new one will hold a full 32MB from the start. Thanks for your comments.
-Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Shurtleff [mailto:jon.shurtleff@munich.netsurf.de]
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 6:08 PM
To: newtontalk@planetnewton.com
Subject: RE: NTLK What Kind Of Flash Memory Does Newton Take?
I had a problem when I first got my 32Mb card - also a Pretec - that it
seemed like it would not load more than about 24 or 28Mb - I don't remember
which - I thought maybe it was a limit on what the Newton could address
since there was a big debate at the time on what the TRUE maximum card size
was for the Newton. Since I didn't absolutely need the whole space I didn't
worry about it too much, except for the extra money I though I might have
flushed. But several months ago when I put in my PIX accelerator I decided
to start from scratch and formatted the Newton and the card and reloaded
everything and then just kept loading and loading and loading. Now it holds
a full 32Mb. I don't think this has anything to do with the PIX. I can't
explain it. Which type of Pretec card do you have? They sell two. But my
--snip--
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