Re: TI-H: 8Mb SmartMedia Memory Extension for all calcs

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Re: TI-H: 8Mb SmartMedia Memory Extension for all calcs


Actually SmartMedia cards are nowadays used for a lot of things, for example
every new Yamaha pro synth uses them for storage of midi-data, samples etc.
also the upcoming Ericsson MP3 player is supposed to use them for audio
storage and the list goes on. A SmartMedia slot might be difficult to
implement and it'd also need drivers to get the calc to recognize the
additional space. Has anyone of you ever done anything with SmartMedia
cards?

   Markus Räty
(markus@raty.as)

----- Original Message -----
From: Raphaël HUCK <philhuck@club-internet.fr>
To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 8:21 PM
Subject: TI-H: 8Mb SmartMedia Memory Extension for all calcs


>
> I've thougt of one thing. :))
>
> Some days ago, I've seen memory cards for numerical cameras.
> You can store photos on it and then transfer them on your comp.
> So, there are called SmartMedia. We can buy them from
> www.jackgee.com for example, and these urls in particular :
> http://www.jackgee.com/Cameras/memory/delkin/smartmedia/smartmedia.htm
> http://www.delkin.com/dd_products_consumer/information/info_smartmedia.htm
>
> Their capacity is 2Mb, 4Mb, 8Mb, 16Mb, 32Mb, 48Mb, 64Mb...
> and a lot more. A 4Mb ($ 15.50) or a 8Mb ($ 25.00) is not very
> expensive, and that would be a lot for a calc ! What's more, when
> a card is full, we could change it, like floppy disks... It's not very
> big and could be put into the calc directly.
>
> * Dimensions : 45.1 x 37.0 x 0.76 mm.
> * Low Power : Program = 15mA, Read = 5mA, Erase = 25mA,
>    Standby = 10mA
> * Read/Write Speed : Program (528 Byte page) = 200ns,
>    Read (1 Byte) = 50ns, Erase (8 Byte Block) = 4ms
>
> So, it would be great to add all this memory to our calcs !!!
> This is not very expensive, and all we have to do (and that's not
> easy...) is to make a reader and a writer.
>
> So, here's my idea :). I hope one day it will be realized.
> I think it would be a lot better than "The 512k mem extension"
> or "The memory box".
>
> 4Mb or 8Mb !!! We could store all the lessons on the calc, on some
> seconds in MP3 !! or whatever...
>
> --Raphaël
>
>
>
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