50g

I have the 50G with an HP 256Mb SD card, as has been mentioned in this forum user's of the 50G are attempting to use SD Cards which are far too large for even the 50G. HP recommends SD Cards no larger than 1Gb for the 50G as any larger will lead to a premature burn out of the 50G.

As I mentioned I have the 256Mb SD Card and will most probably never use all 256Mb.

Hope this helps.

--- In 50g@yahoogroups.com, "Marcus Fazzi (Anunakin)" <anunakin@...> wrote:
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> 2GB is the limit for FAT16, implemented on HP50G, and we dont need more, I
> using a old 16MB SD Card with all my HPGCC tests ....
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> 2011/1/5 Ryokyo Lyons <oykoyr@...>
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> >
> > Everywhere you look online to buy a 50g, a pitch for a 2GB SD card can't
> > be far behind.
> > Is that address limit (2GB) in the OS, or is it strictly machine driven,
> > because of the format involved at the time the tech was on the drawing
> > boards?
> >
> > I find myself wondering if there isn't some way to get around this by
> > adapting the hardware to accept a USB drive One of the tiny ones, smaller
> > than a USB connector itself. If there is some way to mess with this limit,
> > and not bash the baby with a brick, I find myself wanting to extend this
> > Idea, so that a larger capacity drive could be carved off in slices, and
> > what you would have in the end would be a stack of "SD cards" on a mini
> > thumb drive.
> >
> > But as much as I know how to use the machine itself, I must profess a
> > certain lack of knowledge about what and where the hardware/firmware
> > boundaries are, and what those "hard coded" limits might be. I know that you
> > can fiddle with the CPU speed a bit, and I know a few more tricks of the
> > trade, just from being familliar with how far and how hard I've pushed the
> > hardware and the software myself.
> >
> > The reason that all this got started is that I now carry a very thick case
> > of cards, which more resembles a wallet than my wallet itself. A week or so
> > ago I found myself at a Research library, and found that I'd lost the case
> > on the train, or left it at home. (I left it at home, and picked up my old
> > wallet instead) Being a grizzled veteran who goes alll the way back to C/PM,
> > I had back ups of all my programs with me--on the flash drive that I carry
> > constantly, and no way to bridge the gap, since I don't carry a
> > laptop/netbook/ implanted machine (It won't be as long as you think, stop
> > snickering!)
> >
> > Anyhow, I'm asking this for another reason. The day will come when 2 GB SD
> > cards are as rare as the old plug in memory cards for the 48GX (that day may
> > not be far off either) and I'd like to look to "workarounds" for what might
> > become a memory shortage (my own or the calculator's) sooner than I (or
> > anyone else) might be comfortable with.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Roci
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