[NTLK] Storage card specifications

[Bradley Loeding]

The theoretical value would be in the access time. Static RAM can be
accessed at around 10-20ns, about 5-6 times as fast as flash, and the write
time blows flash out of the water.

But, I say theoretical because real word performance would need to take into
account the latency in the other parts of the Newton's subsystem. As I've no
experience with SRAM storage in a Newton, it would be interesting to find
out if it improved the user experience with many packages installed at all.

Don't get me wrong, I'd never pay that much for one, or pay retail at all,
but "break-the-bank" for me means out of reach. If you can afford an iPhone,
you could afford one of these if you were so inclined...

Don't just think of it in terms of dollars per MB... "Do it for you
yourself. Do it for your family." :)
Sorry, I just finished watching Repo Men with Jude Law.

-Bradley



On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:10 PM, arceeHS <arceehs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey - I'm sorry but $250 for 8MB Newton RAM is out-of-sight. What in the
> world is the value of SRAM vs linear flash?
>
> Truly, I'd expect there are better options.
>
> arceeHS
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Bradley Loeding
> <bradley.loeding at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Hmm... $250 for an 8MB SRAM card is expensive, but not break-the-bank
> > expensive. If you get one, let us know how much better the larger SRAM
> card
> > performs vs linear flash.
> >
> > Synchrotech SRAM with or w/o 8K attribute, that is the question.
> > I'm thinking with...
> >
> > Regards,
> > Bradley
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Dennis B. Swaney <romad at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On 20/03/11 17:42PDT, R A Parker wrote:
> > > > Our friend Tony Kan in Christchurch, New Zealand, just did a writeup
> on
> > > that very subject:
> > > >
> > > > <
> > >
> >
> http://myapplenewton.blogspot.com/2011/02/apple-newton-memory-201-compatibility.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > And, of course, the timeless and ever informative Newton FAQ:
> > > >
> > > > <http://splorp.com/newton/faq/newton-faq-hardware.html#IIB1>
> > > >
> > >
> > > Ah, exactly for what I was looking.
> > >
> > > Now, preferred online vendors? Synchrotech seems the most reasonable.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Dennis B. Swaney
> > >
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> > > iPhone 3GS
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