On 19/4/05 10:03 am, "Pete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 19/4/05 5:54 am, "CR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> At 7:29 PM -0700 4/18/05, Clark Martin wrote:
>>> A G3 B&W is a desktop computer
>>
>> Yes of course.
>>
>>> and doesn't normally come with a PCMCIA cage. I've seen such things
>>> for PCs but I've not seen one advertised for Mac and don't know if
>>> it would work with it.
>>
>> Someone on the swap list mentioned they had one, I'll check back with them
>>
>>> For things like this you usually use a USB flash reader.
>>
>> I could understand houw the flashcard would work with a fUSB flash
>> reader, but must I abandon use of my PCMCIA HD?
>>
>> Thank you
>> Cliff
>
>
> The devices which will read a Type 3 ATA PCMCIA hard drive/card into a
> mac are few and far between. I have a few of the older Kodak Pro DCS cameras
> which utilise a type 3 PCMCIA hd and occasionally used an Intermart PCD-15
> scsi PC card reader/writer to access the images on a mac. Bit of a rare item
> now and not so sure it will work with OSX. I used it infrequently more for
> formatting and disk problems than image access as the cameras also have a
> scsi port for direct access into Pshop via a Kodak plugin.
> I also have the device you are perhaps referring to - which is a 3.5
> inch (floppy size) double slot type 3 PCMCIA hd reader/writer in a 5.25
> cage. The one I have is Litronic with ISA slot connection for a PC and
> currently in a Pentium and was in use prior to the Intermart. Formatting and
> disk repair are much more robust with the Litronic.
> Alternatively you can use a PCMCIA compact flash adapter in place of the
> PCMCIA hd fitted with whatever size of compact flash card you wish to buy
> and remove it from the adapter to read it with a usb card reader.
>
> Pete
I forgot that in addition to these devices there is also a pci card
designed with a 'cage' for PCMCIA hard drives - whether there's a mac pci
card I have no idea.
Pete
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