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gvtexas · 10-23-2003, 11:18 AM

I'm hoping to evolve to getting a high-capacity card (1gb or more) for my next PDA so that I can access a couple of 500k text files I use.

My first concern (other than which bank to rob to pay for one) is access times for retrieving data. Seems the biggest hangup here is finding a program that will read-but-not-retrieve the file. Exists? Second, how fast/slow might this be, not in terms of exact speeds but reasonable waits. Text file in question holds a zilliion auction/sale records of rare books, and the use would be while out perusing book stores I'd whip my PDA out and check for bargains. Ha. But anyway, wondering if this is doable using a PDA and such a large text file.

10-23-2003, 11:18 AM	#1
gvtexas Addict Posts: 346 Karma: 7797 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas Device: Sony Clie TH55	High-Capacity Memory Card Access I'm hoping to evolve to getting a high-capacity card (1gb or more) for my next PDA so that I can access a couple of 500k text files I use. My first concern (other than which bank to rob to pay for one) is access times for retrieving data. Seems the biggest hangup here is finding a program that will read-but-not-retrieve the file. Exists? Second, how fast/slow might this be, not in terms of exact speeds but reasonable waits. Text file in question holds a zilliion auction/sale records of rare books, and the use would be while out perusing book stores I'd whip my PDA out and check for bargains. Ha. But anyway, wondering if this is doable using a PDA and such a large text file.