A lot of digital cameras use either SD or MMC memory these days and so, yes, these are smaller than the CF cards used by the BN and totally different!
If you're looking for a PCMCIA-CF card adapter, I bought one recently from www.dabs.com for around 7 GB pounds and it works very well. Regards Richard Bartholomew E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Cooke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 5:24 AM Subject: [Braillenote] Conpact flash cards > OK, here's what I understand and I really hope someone can clarify this > for me. The slot on the side of the unit is for my PCMCIA card. It doesn't > need any kind of adapter because it is the right size. The slot at the back > of the unit is a serial slot for flash cards which work with serial ports. > These are the little cards like folks use in cameras which slide into an > adapter. My understanding is that the adapter is what connects with the > appropriate port. Most flash cards these days, I was told at Office Max, > are made for USB or parallel ports. So, this wouldn't work in that back > slot, even with an adapter unless you got a USB to serial converter. I > could, however, buy the 5 gig microdrive from PulseData which fits in that > back slot. Now, my last assumption is that if I use the slot on the side > and get a Compact Flash Card, Not the PCMCIA card, I would have to get an > adapter. I found it difficult to find an adapter for that size of slot and > am working with my PCMCIA card, instead. Hopefully, someone will straighten > me out on my assumptions because this issue is confusing. yes, I did read > the manual and to the best of my knowledge, it's not terribly specific on > what works and what doesn't. > > Chris > > "What he's been creating, since the first beat of your heart, is > a living, breathing, priceless work of art. -- Stephen Curtis Chapman > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > >
