Subj : Flash-RAM
To   : Tegularius
From : The Millionaire
Date : Sun Oct 16 2005 08:43:00

  Re: Flash-RAM
  By: Tegularius to All on Sat Oct 15 2005 07:14 pm

 > John C. Dvorak writes, "flash memory has a limited life,estimated to be abou
 > one million read/write cycles with today's chips... most flash is designed
 > with wear-leveling as part of its architecture." (PC Magazine Nov. 8, 2005,
 > p.93)
 > 
 > Even if that is a lot of use, I gulped when reading that, because I've been
 > using the hell outta my 256 meg Lexar 2.0, not only to transfer files betwee
 > computers but as a scratch area for files I don't want to keep.  Typical
 > examples are unzipped packages normally stored as .ZIP files.
 > 
 > Prior to Windows ME ("Mistaken Edition") and XP, I've always used a RAM disk
 > and
 > really miss it on the latest Win versions (and on Linux).  Never again will 
 > install a new hard drive without partitioning it into at least two drive
 > letters, so one of them is free for such purposes.  Navigating among numerou
 > subdirectories of a single drive letter gets more cumbersome with every
 > passing year.
 > 
 > Looking at old DOS shareware, I have just recently discovered a whole
 > category of utilities that facilitate changing the current directory at the
 > command line.  Thanks to how I used to "run my computer good" I never felt a
 > need for these and was oblivious to them in that era. But nowadays the need
 > has never been greater and perhaps they're worth a belated look-- if only fo
 > ideas so I can write my own that handles long names.
 > 
 > If anyone has RAMdisk software that works with XP, I'd sure like to hear
 > about it.
 > 

Dos was my favorite before Windows came out. It was easier and less problems
too.

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