[at-l] Re:(at-l) Digital Photos

[ryan at hack.net (Ryan Brooks)]

ken bennett wrote:

>On 2/19/04 5:11 PM, "Chase Davidson" <wb4pan@mindspring.com> wrote:
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>>formatting shortens the life of the card.
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>I'd love to see a citation on this. My understanding is that it is not so.
>There is nothing physical that happens when you format a flash memory card.
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>Ken
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He's correct.  Most definitely something happens physically when you 
format or write to a flash card.   Each bit location has a limited 
number of write cycles.

-Ryan