Hi Mark, AFAIK, most laptops also have the firewire / IEEE1394/ i-link interface! (At least, mine has) I also spent 10 eurobucks on a PCMCIA/CF adaptor, but it's not worth it, firewire absolutely beats it! Although it was 40,- and not 6,- it's absolutely worth it, for me. Sometimes the pricetag doesn't say it all... ;-) Speaking of a full 512 MB card, on my Pentium III/ 1GHz Schlepptop:
Cam to USB: 20 min CF to PCMCIA: 12 min Firewire/CF : 90 s Regards, Thomas > > Thomas Stach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I also still do have a machine on 98SE - but I got myself a little > >Sandisk FireWire/CF reader - > >512MB are loaded in less than 1min 30s ! > >So what's all the fuzz about USB1.1, USB2.0, full-speed & hispeed USB... > >;-) !?! > > Come to think of it, the original poster was inquiring about a laptop > computer, wasn't he? The solution here is to get a card reader that > plugs into the PC-card slot. I just got one for my laptop (running > Win98). Works great and only cost me $11.00... plus there was a $5.00 > rebate on it! Total cost about six dollars. > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com
