Re: Flash Memory Questions !

Philippe DALLEMAGNE (Philippe.Dallemagne@ensem.u-nancy.fr)
Fri, 31 Jan 1997 14:29:43 +0100 (MET)

> Recently I bought a 1.8 MB Flash Memory Card SunDisk.
> My question is, this card will enable Zoomer to have more RAM to run
> applications simultaniously or will just give more space to write files ?
> May I divide this card in two diferent places ( RAM and drive c ) like we
> can do with RAM memory on PC using DOS and RAMDRIVE ?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Janc Aguiar Lage
>
>
Dear Janc,

As far as I know, the Flash or SRAM cards do not give more "RAM" to the
Zoomer, but they give more "DISK" space (ie space for your saved documents)
This Disk space may be compressed via Stacker (embedded in the cards) or
other compression utilities. In my opinion, compression would not be
very efficient (not fast enough) in the Zoomer (to be confirmed).

In any case, this kind of memory is sufficient even to improve the Kernel
behaviour because GEOS does virtual memory allocation ans swaps memory
to the disk when it needs some free memory. This slows a bit the Desktop
GEOS (f it swaps on a hard disk) but should not be noticeable on the Zoomer
because the disks are made of silicium.
Well, these are rapid statements, the things are more complicated, but it
gives a idea.