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Iomega� Floppy Plus 7-in-1 Card Reader USB-Powered External Drive
"Simple and easy to use, the Iomega Floppy Plus 7-in-1 Card Reader is the perfect choice for floppy users who take digital pictures using flash media. With the convenient front load slots and Adobe� Photoshop� Album SE software included, photos and files can easily be transferred to different types of digital media. Plus, this new portable multi-format drive is now powered directly from your computer so you can use it anywhere! Just plug the drive directly into your USB* port and you're ready to go � no power cord required."
Ok, seems like a good idea to me: we need to access floppy disks now and then (thankfully it's very rare for me), so why not include a 3.5" disk reader as part of a memory card reader. Oh, wait. OFF THE CHARTS SUCK FACTOR ALERT: it's a USB 1.1 device. Ok, Iomega screws up a good idea yet again. :roll: You wouldn't need USB 2.0 speeds to read data off a floppy, but you would need it for the memory cards. So close Iomega, yet so far...
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