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Posted May 19, 2005 13:06 UTC (Thu) by aglet (guest, #1334)
Parent article: A call for an open media gadget

Must:
* solid state
* expansion slot
* open connectivity (eg USB mass storage, V?FAT filesystem)
Should:
* Ogg vorbis support
* open firmware

surprisingly hard to find

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Posted May 24, 2005 13:06 UTC (Tue) by rfunk (subscriber, #4054) [Link]

The <a
href="http://www.rcaaudiovideo.com/Cultures/en-US/ModelDetail.h...">RCA
Lyris RD2012</a> I have would fit your musts (which match mine), but not
your shoulds.

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Posted May 26, 2005 19:07 UTC (Thu) by barrygould (guest, #4774) [Link]

FWIW, VFAT/FAT32 is approaching it's limits of usefulness (max partition size=127GB).

I don't know what alternatives there are after that, as it needs to be compatible with Windows/Mac/Linux.

Barry