"Michael J. Hussmann" wrote:
> Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin@fanniemae.com) wrote:
>
> > I'm wondering if an ATA driver could be made to work. Anybody knows for sure?
>
> I don't know either, but there's also the question what to expect from an
> ATA driver. Should it support the standard file system of these cards,
> and if yes, how is the Newton expected to deal with files -- say,
> pictures from a digital camera? After all, there is no such thing as a
> file in the Newton OS. Or should ATA cards be used as a cheaper
> replacement for linear flash cards, i.e. to store soups on?
I don't know specifically, but I think it would be less a problem to "format" the
card for use by the Newton, using the standard soup structure. If that's not
possible, or undesirable, then maybe each file could be mapped to a soup?
-Laurent.
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