On 08/01/2008 20:42, Chuck Guzis wrote:
http://www.flash-memory-store.com/clearance-flashpath-mmc-floppy-disk-adap
ter.html The FlashPath is a floppy disk adapter that lets you read and
write data to your MultiMedia Card (MMC) using your computer's floppy disk
drive. Sale Price $9.99
Dunno, but at that price, I couldn't resist ordering a couple. I'll
pop one open to see what makes it tick. Note that the floppy is
simply used as a coupling device--the gizmo requires installation of
drivers.
I'm particularly interested to see if those drivers will work with a
USB drive (i.e. how general are they?)--the literature's not quite
clear on that; only that it doesn't work with PC Card drives.
I remember those, but they're quite old. I was interested at the time
because I was was looking for a way to read cards from a digital camera,
but I rapidly discovered that it only worked with one particular version
of Windows (95, I think) and the support was non-existent. Absolutely
no way to make it work with Linux/Irix/Solaris/MS-DOS which was what I
wanted. So I decided to get a Sony camera that took 3.5" floppies
instead (that'll date it for you).
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York