The drives exist, but not many work with the bn; I am not sure of
any that do, but I know that some will because I got one to work
once. Unfortunately, it was just a cd drive in a hard drive
enclosure so it did not really have an official brand, and I had
to reset before it would be recognized. As to a bunch of disks
being cheaper than a cf card, I am not sure about that. One 32
or 64gb cf card can hold a LOT; one cd holds only 700mb (.7gb).
So even a 32gb card holds about 47 CDs by my quick math. It may
be cheaper (depending on many factors) but it will be a lot more
convenient to store things on one card than on 40 disks that you
have to label and keep track of, especially when you cannot put
braille labels right on the disk itself like you can a cf card.
Just my opinion.
Have a great day,
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lauren E. Conner" <[email protected]
To: "[email protected]"
<[email protected]
Date sent: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:38:19 +0000
Subject: [Braillenote] BN & External CD ROM
Hi List,
I just posted a question about increasing the size of the Braille
Note's hard drive. If that is not possible, another idea for
storing my files might be CDs. I figure buying a bunch of CDs
would be cheaper than buying multiple compact flash cards or
storage drives that fit into the BN's USB port.
However, that thought brought up 2 questions for me. Fist, I
know the BN doesn't have its own CD ROM, so is there such a thing
as an external CD ROM (for example, a device that hooks to a
computer or pda via a USB cable). And second, if such CD ROMs
exist, has anyone been successful in using one with their braille
note?
I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter. Thanks so much.
Lauren
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