Disk layout for XO-1.5

John Watlington wad at laptop.org
Thu Aug 6 23:00:21 EDT 2009


On Aug 6, 2009, at 10:12 PM, Richard A. Smith wrote:

> Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote:
>
>> Richard A. Smith wrote:
>>> In the end we chose to use microSDHC cards.
>>
>> For MP, will they be soldered down or on contacts?
>
> PCB mount cell phone style connector.  You can change the card but you
> have to take the plastic back and heatspreader off first.
>
>> I like this; I think it creates the potential for all sorts of  
>> interesting
>> hackery and upgrades.
>
> Yep.  One of the reasons why we chose that path.

There is also a symmetry, in that the external and internal SD slots
are "identical".  Insert your new "disk" into the external slot using an
adapter, copy the data over, then move it to the internal slot...

Cheers,
wad




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