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The 1150 memory situation is an either/or kind of thing. It can access either the internal memory OR the SM card. It cannot use both at the same time. It's kind of annoying as the 1150 came with a dictionary in internal memory. I never did put much effort into moving the dictionary onto a card so I don't know if it will work.
The issue with inserting the card with power on has to do with the read/write cache technique. It's kind of slow on reads and writes, if you pull the card out or insert it at the wrong time, it will corrupt the card. I think you can reformat it for reuse but you will lose all content and progress on that card.
Also, it was implied that SmartMedia cards are not terribly robust. They are said to have a higher failure rate than other types of memory cards but I do wonder if this is due to the read write cache thing. I don't think I've ever had one fail but then it's been many years and I just keep reading the 45 or so books on the 1150.
Michael
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