Compact Flash

[Shrike]

nicking my topic for shame

 

[Archibear]

8 GB disks, cool!
BUT....
How big can SM-Cards be Adressed?
Is there a limit?

 

[abbibi]

nicking my topic for shame

Yar! Not only do I steal other's ideas, I attack topics with a vengeance, warping the subject and misleading lost souls! Arrrrrgh, I do be a pirate to de bones, laddy! Yar!

Archibear, I'm not sure there is a defined size limit for SMC's. I think it's about the same as compact flash.

It looks like the adapter won't arrive until tomorrow. It somehow managed to get caught up in customs from Canada. We can't trust packages from Canada, you know. That's where all those terrorists come from... :lol:

 

[Tobriand]

Lol - look forward to hearing the result as and when it gets there

 

[Azure]

Hey abbibi, did the adapter arrive today?

 

[abbibi]

It looks like the adapter won't arrive until tomorrow. It somehow managed to get caught up in customs from Canada. We can't trust packages from Canada, you know. That's where all those terrorists come from... :lol:

Um, try reading the previous posts...

Anyways, I checked UPS tracking, and it's in state, so it SHOULD arrive tomorrow (Tuesday). But it's been sitting at the same place since the 12th, so I'm not sure. Then again, I've fount UPS tracking to be fairly inaccurate. Sometimes it says it only got about halfway here, and I recieved it a few day earlier. Other times it claims a package has been delivered, and I don't get it for another two days. All I can say is I will get it soon.... <_<

 

[nerd of nerds]

ok, so this is off topic but regarding the canadian terrorists, listen to the song canada by five iron frenzy, it is soooo funny you may just pee your pants :blink:

 

[abbibi]

Is Canada a real country yet? Or is it still a colony of the UK?

The package is now "out for delivery"...

 

[Mofokubik]

I want one if it will go higher than 256mb

 

[Tobriand]

There's a 512Mb card in development, but at a guess it'll cost ~£145 - which is waaaaaay over any sort of budged I have...

 

[abbibi]

It arrived, but I got a process error while trying to format my . I have to go to work now, but I will tinker with it when I get back in the morning. If you have any suggestions, give them to me now and I will try them.

 

[Twimfy]

Is that a process error in PClink?

 

[nerd of nerds]

if the error is in pclink the you could try to format it manually: make the folders yourself and copy stuff from your smc :unsure:

 

[Mofokubik]

or try an smc reader and writer

 

[nerd of nerds]

thats what i meant, sorry for not being clear about that

 

[abbibi]

Ok, the problem is that the adapter claims it will only go up to 128MB. I am going to write shoptronics, and crush their pathetic egos.

 

[Dozer]

Shit shit shit, so close to gettin 512mb on my gp 2...

 

[Chip]

The problem is (I think) with the GP32. Supposedly, SMC hardware is backwards compatible, but not forward-compatible. For instance, if you got a device several years ago when 64mb was the max, it wouldn't read the 128mb cards when they came out. Apearently each different size card uses a completely different addressing system. If support for a certain addressing system isn't built into your hardware, you can't use cards with that system/size. I would have posted this before, but I was kind of hoping I was wrong (and abbibi had already ordered his XD adapter).

 

[Dozer]

Lol, didnt want to douse his hopes then

 

[cr4sh]

For instance, if you got a device several years ago when 64mb was the max, it wouldn't read the 128mb cards when they came out.

Chip is right... Unlike CF cards SMCs don't have a controller build in and the addressing stuff has to be done by the devices firmware. That means a future 256mb SMC (or the 256mb xd in this case) won't be supported by the GP32 without a firmware update.