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Hardware > How much can you save?

#3941 - Daikath - Thu Mar 13, 2003 11:17 am

How much data can be saved into batterypacked memory on a flashcard and Nintendo cartidges?
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#3944 - Lord Graga - Thu Mar 13, 2003 3:29 pm

It's usualy 64 or 32 KByte.

#3945 - tepples - Thu Mar 13, 2003 3:29 pm

The flash card usually holds several 64 KB banks of SRAM, and you have to use brand-specific handshakes to switch banks.

I've read reports that the Nintendo cartridge has 32 KB of SRAM.
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