On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:45:38 +1300, David A. Mann wrote: >William Robb wrote: > >> First, there seems to be no standards in the industry, and we >> are being asked to support 3 different memory card styles, plus >> microdrives, plus floppies and CDs. > >From the other side of the counter, its a bit frustrating when the format >you want to use is not supported. > >The lab I go to has the Agfa e-box hooked into their D-lab 3 (they just >took delivery of a D-lab 2 as well but thats another story). > >Well that e-box contraption takes every kind of memory card you can throw >at it plus CD and floppy and something called "XD" which I've never heard >of. But the CD drive won't read a CD-RW disc (I am not willing to use a >CD-R for a temporary file). There's a USB port on the front of the box >but the software doesn't support it. I was thinking about those little >USB keychain memory cards as a perfect way to transfer files. > >At least they accept files by email. > >Cheers, > >- Dave > >http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/ > >
xD memory is the newest player on the block. "eXtreme Digital" is designed with a capacity of up to 8GB. So far Canon and Fuji seem to be the only users. Given its small size, approximately the dimensions of a U.S. penny, squared off, I suspect it will be popular with other manufacturers soon. jm
