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- From: chuckc@fc.hp.com (Chuck Cairns)
- Subject: Re: Storing A/D data on a solid state drive
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 08:17:00 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.054230.14095@seas.smu.edu>
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- Dr Neal Glossop (glossop@seas.smu.edu) wrote:
- : I want to collect a large amount of data (5 to 10 MB or more) on a stripped down
- : computer consisting of barely more than an A/D converter and a large amount
- : of fast memory (the data will be coming in fast). I want to download this
- : later to a normal PC to analyze it. The problem is that the stripped PC should
- : be really small and mobile as it will be attached to a person to measure some
- : biomechanical stuff. I was thinking of using a solid state drive, but the
- : biggest that I've seen is 2 Megs (SolidState Data Drives Inc.). Any ideas?
- : This is to be used as an alternative to a telemetry type system.
- :
- : Neil
- : glossop@seas.smu.edu
- :
- :
- : --
- : Neil Glossop
- : glossop@seas.smu.edu
-
- I have seen much higher capacity drives than 2 meg in a 5 1/2 inch
- form factor. Imperial technology makes one. If you don't need random
- access, then perhaps a DAT tape might be good. There are 4-gig 3 1/2
- inch units and I would imagine that they take less power than a disk.
- Some laptops have the 2.5 inch drives that are also low power. HP has
- a 1.5 inch 20 meg disk for palmtops but I don't think that it's in anything
- yet. Post or email some more data and I'll think some more.
- Regards,
- cc
-