I have a VCN430A Smart mill with a tiny memory. I have spoken to mazak and my two options are to "unlock" tape mode or to have a tech come out and install more memory. I program almost exclusively ofline and run eia programs. Both options are roughly the same money and expanded memory seems like the obvious choice but the max internal memory I can get is 2mb. Yeah I did not miss type 2mb, less than a cell phone picture worth of space in a machine worth as much a high end luxury car. Honestly though 2mb would cover most of what I use the machine for. I have made it the last couple of years by breaking up larger programs in to different operations and loading and deleting as I go so 2mb would work 90% of the time. They also said I could go with tape mode which I am assuming would just run from my jump drive and have as much space as the jump drive has. I just worry about data transfer rates and just running from a jump drive seems unstable or unreliable to me, but I could be wrong. Ideally I'd get both but that's more money than I want to spend. So whats your advise? Anyone running tape mode from a jump drive? Expanding internal memory seems more reliable but it is limited tape mode offers unlimited program size but I don't know how reliable it will be. Advise and experiences needed, Thanks!