Re: Thin card problem

pblevins@awod.com
Tue, 8 Aug 1995 22:05:35 -0400

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>I recently bought a Newton 1meg PCMCIA card for my zoomer. When I first
>got it my z didn't recognize it. I had a friend who had a Newton format
>the card. I then inserted the card and my z asked if I would like to
>format the card. Is there any way to force the zoomer to
>format it? I have no other thin card devices to foramt this card, and I
>would like to be able to format it with my zoomer in the future if
>necessary. Any ideas?
>
> JF
>

You can reformat the card in a DOS based laptop to 1 meg. The same happened
to me. An added bonus for me... I already owned a 256k pcmcia card. After I
used the Newton card, I reformatted my 256k card. The Zoomer formatted it to
1meg! I tested it in other machines and by loading it with 400k worth of
files. The default for my Zoomer format option is 1 meg now I guess. And it
seems there is no difference (sizewise) between a 256k HP type II card and a
1 meg Newton card.

Phil Blevins
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Autism Division,
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