Re: [ProgSoc] SONY Digital Cam Memory Stik

[Telford <telford@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 04:24:05PM +1000, Matt wrote:
> well if it is a flash device (which i suspect it is), a block erase
> will set all bits on the device. ie you are screwed. and being a flash
> device they typically wont have your standard static addressed
> "superblock" because flash devices are write lifetime limited. also
> you can't write to anything except a whole block in flash (ie you cant
> update anything smaller than a block).

PIC chips use flash memory and you can erase and rewrite single
memory locations. They are supposed to give up after 1000 writes
whether that be single location or block.

Dunno about sony chips but it is at least remotely possible
that they support single location erase.

There are PC adapters for the more common (non sony) type of
camera memory because the non-sony type is compatible with PCMCIA
through a very simple pin converter. As for sony, they make good gear
but tend to be compatible with sony and nothing else.

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