SanDisk Extreme III Test Cards

[Karlie Robinson]

The first batch of test cards are in and will be mailed today. 

Karlie Robinson wrote:
> Good morning everyone.
> I have been working with SanDisk and Arrow Electronics to source the 
> SD Cards you've spec'd for the Fedora on OLPC project.
> If anyone would like to test on the OEM version[1] of the cards, I can 
> mail them to you at cost.  So $30US.  I'll pay the postage.
> ~Karlie
>
> [1] - Why is OEM important?  When any sort of flash memory is produced 
> there are minute differences with the internal structure.  For this 
> project we'll need to use an OEM part which ensures that we have the 
> same card structure with every SD we send through the duplicator.  
> Retail packaged cards do not have a consistent internal structure 
> which can cause quality issues with a duplication run.
> It's not that retail is inferior quality, but for day to day use (in a 
> camera, phone or other application) write tolerances don't need to be 
> as precise.
>
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