[NTLK] Rip off potential on eBay for flash cards

[Forrest]

With his experience with and expertise on PC Cards, knowing him as both a Newton enthusiast and a collector, I would not hesitate to trust Pawel’s word on this. Few have as much knowledge.

Mahalo,
Forrest

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> On Jul 29, 2021, at 1:16 AM, Pawel Piotrowski <newton at indigi.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Hi MIchael,
> 
>> On 29 Jul 2021, at 07:29, Michael Rebar <michael.rebar at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> For anyone in the same need as I for a few flash cards in the 20+ MB range please beware of the rip off potential on eBay.
> 
> That is true. The cards dedicated for Newton are not cheap.
> But from the other side - this is collector's equipment. So just like with other collectibles - the market sets the prices. The equipment is theoretically worth little, but if someone wants to have it, then will pay the amount that can afford. One will pay $100 and the other will pay $1000 because he can afford it and wants the thing.
> 
> So I would be careful about calling this as ripping off.
> 
>> Did some research and found out Newton technology is compatible with most linear flash cards that are not needing ATA driver.
> 
> This is not exactly true. Most of the linear card are NOT compatible with Newton. You will find out this, when you will buy a few cards which theoretically should work with Newton, but they don’t. Believe me, I did the research too, a few years ago. You can check my conclusions on my website: https://applenewton.co.uk/newton-workshop/memory-card-types/ <https://applenewton.co.uk/newton-workshop/memory-card-types/>
> 
> In fact, only cards based on Intel or AMD chips are suitable for working with Newton.
> 
>> There are plenty of affordable linear flash RAM out there. Don’t pay more than you should!!
> 
> This is also not exactly true too. There is NOT plenty of linear cards out there. Especially 20+MB. But I can be wrong. Could you provide some examples, please?
> 
> And Vladislav made a really important point. A lot of cheap cards available on eBay or other online shops come from CISCO routers. These are cards that are extremely worn out, have worked a lot of read/write cycles and are practically not suitable for safe use and data storage.
> 
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Pawel Piotrowski
> 
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