PC Card slot adapter--SmartMedia

DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
edited January 23, 2005 in Flea Market
Anyone need this? You pay shipping, it's yours.
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  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2005
    What kind of card is it for? And, how quick is this compared to USB 2? And I could just stick it in my laptop pc card slot, right? I just don't want to take something for essentially free if somebody else rather have it.
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2005
    marlinspike wrote:
    What kind of card is it for? And, how quick is this compared to USB 2? And I could just stick it in my laptop pc card slot, right? I just don't want to take something for essentially free if somebody else rather have it.
    Richard

    It's for SmartMedia Cards. I have no idea how the speed compares to USB2, you'd have to ask a PC geek.
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2005
    Much slower than USB2. But there was a time when it was the most convenient way to get SmartMedia into your computer. Short battery life. Very convenient, tho - just slip it into your floppy drive.
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2005
    wxwax wrote:
    Much slower than USB2. But there was a time when it was the most convenient way to get SmartMedia into your computer. Short battery life. Very convenient, tho - just slip it into your floppy drive.

    Maybe I've written it up wrong, but there's no battery, it just goes in the slot, not floppy, but that slot that I thought was called PC Card Adapter. Did I get it wrong?

    EDIT: It's NOT this one, but essentially the same. Just a different brand. Came with my Digital Wallet, way back when.
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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2005
    wxwax wrote:
    Much slower than USB2. But there was a time when it was the most convenient way to get SmartMedia into your computer. Short battery life. Very convenient, tho - just slip it into your floppy drive.
    Different adapter, waxy. The adapter that goes in the cardbus slot is very fast (usually). Faster than USB, depending on the adapter. But then again, it's SmartMedia, and they suck. :D
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited January 22, 2005
    Oops, my bad. Never mind.
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  • marlinspikemarlinspike Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited January 23, 2005
    Duh, it said smart media in the description. I saw that, but for some reason thought it said Sandisk, so I thought it was just saying the brand. Well, it's for someone other than me then.
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