Status of Mini Minty?
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Details! I'm looking at a similar "mass storage" project, and have no clue where to get started. Do you have a part number?ladyada wrote:actually. i changed my mind...miniminty will act like a 'usb pen/thumb drive' when plugged in (so you can copy over files and also recharge the battery). turns out i found a good chip for doing this, and its quite cheap & easy to solder.
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status?
any updates?
its been a while.
thanks.
its been a while.
thanks.
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Re: Status of Mini Minty?
How to increase RAM of a computer using a pen drive? i have a desktop computer with a RAM of 256mb.now i have a pen drive of 4gb.with this can i increase the RAM of my system.i am using windows XP.
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Re: Status of Mini Minty?
Nope. RAM is very fast, while your pen drive is very slow (in comparison). Even if it were possible, you would probably experience a drop in performance.
It is also inadvisable because while RAM can be written to a nearly infinite amount of times, your pen drive has only 100,000 write cycles for each bit before it becomes unstable. With Windows doing hundreds of memory operations, even while idling, this is a very fast way to burn out your pen drive.
It is also inadvisable because while RAM can be written to a nearly infinite amount of times, your pen drive has only 100,000 write cycles for each bit before it becomes unstable. With Windows doing hundreds of memory operations, even while idling, this is a very fast way to burn out your pen drive.
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