>I'd work, but the one gotcha is flash memory has a limited number of write >cycles. In a digital camera or the like, they'll last a good long while. >But, used as virtual memory where there could be thousands of writes in a >short time, it'll die very quickly. True, but they're guaranteed for at least 10 million writes. I have 4MB card from 1995-6 (?) that's still going strong. The 32MB I use in my Lombard for continuous backup while I'm working every day has had a _lot_ of use and has had no problems.
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