Re: Some Basic Questions (ATA Flash)

Domenic Romeo (dom.romeo@worldnet.att.net)
Sat, 21 Sep 1996 10:43:40 -0400

Stephen Cho wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I recently bought the OG120 and have a few questions. Can I run DOS
> programs for the OG directly or do I need another program (specifically
> running .EXE programs)? Also, if I decide to get an ATA FLASH card, what
> file management program should I get to allow me to run programs directly
> from the card? I understand that this is not possible without a file
> management program.
>

As long as they haven't removed anything from the OGO120, it should already have
a built in driver to ATA Flash memory (OGO100 does). All you do is insert the card
and turn it on.

I have a 4M pretec card. Bought from LA Trade (about $169). The power consumption
on the pretec ATA Flash cards is comparable to SRAM cards.

The Installer progrom (from geos) can write stuff directly to the OGO internal
RAM and SRAM cards. But it does not yet allow writing directly to the ATA Flash card.
Unless the new version of installer does this. Does it? I haven't had a chance to
try it yet.

I use Installer to place the programs into OGO memory, then I run BMS File Manager to
move the files to the ATA Flash Card.

Dom