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Hi all,

I currently have both USB1 and USB2 6-in-1 card readers. However, when on
the move I find it a pain using the USB1 reader with my laptop.

I have compact flash cards (type I) and a microdrive (type II). I would like
to get a PCMCIA compact flash reader to keep the kit a bit more compact.
Does anyone know if I get a microdrive PCMCIA adapter whether a standard
compact flash (type I) would fit in it? Obviously a microdrive won't fit a
type I adapter, but does it work the other way round?

If not I'll need to buy 2 adapters.

Thanks,

Graham.

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Graham Russell wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I currently have both USB1 and USB2 6-in-1 card readers. However,
> when on the move I find it a pain using the USB1 reader with my
> laptop.
>
> I have compact flash cards (type I) and a microdrive (type II). I
> would like to get a PCMCIA compact flash reader to keep the kit a bit
> more compact. Does anyone know if I get a microdrive PCMCIA adapter
> whether a standard compact flash (type I) would fit in it? Obviously
> a microdrive won't fit a type I adapter, but does it work the other
> way round?
>
> If not I'll need to buy 2 adapters.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Graham.

Hi
Just had a quick look on Ebay, and there are adapters that will fit both.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...category=18868

£20 buy it now!

HTH
Maze

Maze wrote:
> Graham Russell wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I currently have both USB1 and USB2 6-in-1 card readers. However,
>> when on the move I find it a pain using the USB1 reader with my
>> laptop.
>>
>> I have compact flash cards (type I) and a microdrive (type II). I
>> would like to get a PCMCIA compact flash reader to keep the kit a bit
>> more compact. Does anyone know if I get a microdrive PCMCIA adapter
>> whether a standard compact flash (type I) would fit in it? Obviously
>> a microdrive won't fit a type I adapter, but does it work the other
>> way round?
>>
>> If not I'll need to buy 2 adapters.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Graham.
>
> Hi
> Just had a quick look on Ebay, and there are adapters that will fit
> both.
>
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...category=18868
>
> £20 buy it now!
>
> HTH
> Maze

PS Before you ask, I'm not selling them!

Will these cards transfer faster than usb 2 ?

Coolasblu wrote:
> Will these cards transfer faster than usb 2 ?

Honest answer - I don't know. probably not though

"Coolasblu" <noway> wrote in news::

> Will these cards transfer faster than usb 2 ?
>
>
>

PCMCIA bus transfer at Max (theoretically) 20 Mb per second ( 160Mbits
/sec) Usb 2 is 480 Mbits per sec and firewire 400mbit per sec. So faster
than USB 1 but not as fast as Usb 2. Not bad for 13 yr old technology
HTH a bit


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"Graham Russell" <graham-> wrote:

> I have compact flash cards (type I) and a microdrive (type II). I would like
> to get a PCMCIA compact flash reader to keep the kit a bit more compact.

Be aware that a standard PCMCIA adapter is nothing more than a
connector adapter and although cheap (< US$10 typically) it'll only be
as fast as a USB1 reader in most laptops (i.e. <= 1.25Mbytes/sec).

Delkin recently released a CardBus CF adapter that'll work at USB2
type speeds (electronics internally) but they not cheap ~US$4.

http://www.delkin.com/cardbus.htm

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Seeing the replies so far - perhaps I should get a PCMCIA USB2 adapter. My
laptop only has USB1 built-in. The only trouble is they are double height
cards (I think).



"Graham Russell" <graham-> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I currently have both USB1 and USB2 6-in-1 card readers. However, when on
> the move I find it a pain using the USB1 reader with my laptop.
>
> I have compact flash cards (type I) and a microdrive (type II). I would
like
> to get a PCMCIA compact flash reader to keep the kit a bit more compact.
> Does anyone know if I get a microdrive PCMCIA adapter whether a standard
> compact flash (type I) would fit in it? Obviously a microdrive won't fit a
> type I adapter, but does it work the other way round?
>
> If not I'll need to buy 2 adapters.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Graham.
>
> --
>
> -------------------------------------
> Graham Russell Photography
> www.grahamrussell.info
>
>