Anyone using 4GB/8GB Micro Drives?
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Anyone using 4GB/8GB Micro Drives?
I'm just getting started on my Minty trek, and am starting to gather parts. I picked up a 512MB CF card (only $20!!! I love black-friday deals) but was wondering if anyone has tried out the much-larger capacity 4GB/6GB CF drives that are actually Hard Disks, versus flash memory.
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You could use a micro drive (CF card hard drive) on the Minty, but it would use a lot more power than a regular CF card. So you would end up with around 3 hours of battery life vs. 10+ with a regular flash card.
The only way around this would be the use of a buffer (usually RAM), to play the music off of, so you wont have the power hungry hard drive running for more than a few seconds, which would give you about 10 hours of play time. But that would be quite a challenge.
Also, since the Minty firmware only supports FAT16, you can't use any cards larger than 2GB.
The only way around this would be the use of a buffer (usually RAM), to play the music off of, so you wont have the power hungry hard drive running for more than a few seconds, which would give you about 10 hours of play time. But that would be quite a challenge.
Also, since the Minty firmware only supports FAT16, you can't use any cards larger than 2GB.
Please be positive and constructive with your questions and comments.