[64studio-devel] saving to floppy - why save and unmount

[Daniel James]

Hi Pete,

 > However I am still looking into why
> it takes about 20secs to physically save an 80KB file!!!

That does sound weird.

> Can you remember where you saw those usb thumb drives? I had the same
> idea a couple of weeks ago but could find no one selling really low
> capacity ones cheap enough.

It's probably a false economy to go for really cheap or small ones - 
bigger drives, more homework :-)

You might also need to consider the attachment on the memory stick 
(keyring or lanyard), and extension cables if the USB ports are not 
easily accessible to the children.

Try Crucial:

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/partspecs.aspx?imodule=CT256MBUFD

About £6 for a branded 256MB stick.

Cheers!

Daniel