card readers?

digigal · Apr 4, 2002

Sorry for the typo--I would have NO qualms about recommending the SanDisk CF reader based on the flawless operation of the one I have used for the last 4 yrs.
mcat

M C Dobbins said:
mlfrank said:

At one point, Lexar made (still makes?) a firewire CF reader.
Whether or not it did micro-drives I don't recall. Might try going
to Lexar's site & see what they have to say.

Addonics Internal DigiDrive - this is a "drive" that fits in a 3.5
bay. connects to internal USB, reads 7 different types of cards &
goes for around $70. I have a Mac G4/400 with a space above the CD
drive meant for a Zip drive - am wondering if it is possible to
stick this guy in. (info on the drive came from Steve's Digicams
site.)

michael http://fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/home?userid= {8E963407-DDD0-4A34-8879-738E6BC48566}&tio=0

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Andrew Borland · Apr 4, 2002

Rob,

Rob Barker said:
I've had trouble with City Link ....

Strange, I've always found City Link to be one of the more reliable couriers. However I will not place an order with anyone who uses TNT/WhiteArrow as they can't even spell the word "competent", let alone understand what it means!--Regards, Andrew Borland (UK) http://www.whitemill.org.uk/

Andrew Borland · Apr 4, 2002

David S Levin said:
Perhaps I'm off base here, bit isn't the most direct solution also
the fastest? With the correct adapters, th CF card could hang
right on your IDE bus (IDE cards are cheap).

Have you any information on suppliers of suitable adapters? I can't recall having ever seen anything on the subject. Is this just a variation on using a PCMCIA adadpter in a laptop?
--Regards, Andrew Borland (UK) http://www.whitemill.org.uk/

Luath · Apr 4, 2002

Russ Meyer said:
Are there any reviews on card readers?
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and, are there any Mac-specific reviews? Or would anyone care to comment on reliablity of Mac-related card readers?

Luath

Russ Meyer · Apr 5, 2002

M C Dobbins said:
Sorry for the typo--I would have NO qualms about recommending the
SanDisk CF reader based on the flawless operation of the one I have
used for the last 4 yrs.
mcat

Thanks for sharring. I need a USB card reader and SanDisk is one that is widely available.--Russ Meyer http://www.photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=450591

widman · Apr 5, 2002

Jeff Craighead said:
Firewire will be faster (maybe, but not slower) than a direct ATA
connection because 1. Firewire 400Mbps, ATA100 100Mbps (that's
bits not Bytes) 2. If you use an ATA reader on the same bus as the
hard disk then cut the speed by probably 10% to 90Mbps because each
has to communicate over the same cable. The reader will be doing
most of the sending but the HD sends back an OK signal after each
burst from the reader. With Firewire you don't have this problem.

Firewire 400 Megabit/sec in serial transfer, ATA 100 is 100 Mega"Bytes" sec

in paralel transfer. This equivalent to 8 x 100 = 800 Mbps. Don't forget the syncronization signal in serial tranfer. Maybe ATA 100 is equivalent to 900 Mbps. Cabling for ATA 100 also 40 pin.
Definitely ATA 100 is faster interface than firewire.
You can check with Firewire Harddisk and ATA 100 Harddisk.

For card reader both interface will overwhelm the speed of CF. The bottlenect is on CF itself, not the interface.

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