06-27-2002, 03:12 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Memory card reader - what do YOU recommend?
More often than not, you'll find myself and my team talking about the hardware and software we use, what we like about it, and what we don't. Well, I'm searching for something and I can't quite seem to find what I'm looking for. Any given community will always have a collective intelligence greater than that of its founders/leaders (in our case, by a huge margin  ), so help me out.
Here's what I'm looking for: a memory card reader that can accept CompactFlash type 1 and 2 (Microdrive), Secure Digital and MultiMediaCards, and supports USB 2.0 with backwards 1.0 compatibility (most USB 2.0 will do so). I've found USB 2.0 CF card readers, but all the combo units I've found are USB 1.0. Any recommendations?
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06-27-2002, 03:19 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 253
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Which USB 2.0 CF readers have you found and for how much?? I'm looking for one for my system. I just got a new i845G based mobo for my 1.8A overclocked to 2.25GHz. I need a new CF reader to tap the 4 USB 2.0 ports :wink:
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06-27-2002, 03:49 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 168
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It's probably too soon to expect USB 2.0 readers yet. Give it 6 months and something will arrive. I like my Dazzle* card reader which handles everything and only costs $48 -- it's not 2.0 compliant, however.
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06-27-2002, 04:02 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 253
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Originally Posted by Take1
It's probably too soon to expect USB 2.0 readers yet. Give it 6 months and something will arrive. I like my Dazzle* card reader which handles everything and only costs $48 -- it's not 2.0 compliant, however.
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Well, ONE has been out for Months now from IOGear...doesn't support MD though:
http://www.everythingusb.com/hardwar...2.0_review.htm
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06-27-2002, 04:05 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 56
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Travel Flash
I dig my Travel Flash reader. It's only USB 1.1, but it does CF I/II, SD/MMC, and SmartMedia, all in a tiny package. The USB cable even folds into the device when you're not using it. And it's dirt cheap to boot!
http://www.18004memory.com/focus.asp?sku=506001
Under Windows XP, no drivers necessary. It just shows up as 3 new drive letters.
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06-27-2002, 05:12 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by Boxster S
Well, ONE has been out for Months now from IOGear...doesn't support MD though
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Those IOGear products are BEAUTIFUL! Totally stunning design across all their product line. I've contacted them about a partnership, because they have a lot of gear I think the readers here would be interested in. We'll see if they respond. :-)
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06-27-2002, 05:34 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 185
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I'm currently looking for a new CF reader too... since my dog ate my 128MB card, my reader is dead... a chance I didn't try it in my Casio... anyway...
The only one I've seen is the IOgear, but didn't find a distributor in Canada, maybe it's time for you HHC guys???
There is also some Firewire reader, but I don't remember if i've see a combo...
here is some
http://www.microtechint.com/qs-cmatefw.html
http://www.synchrotech.com/products/card-rw_00a.html
HEY! My english is not perfect, but this one seem to be a USB 2 combo... but not clearly said...
http://www.menlomart.biz/flash_media_reader.htm
It is also compatible with Windows CE 4.0... hummm not sure we can trust them....
The manufacturer page is here : http://www.omniflashproducts.com/unomas.html and they say:
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USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 compliant.
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Does this meen it's a USB 1.1 device that will work with USB 2 card or a USB 2 device that will work on a USB 1.1 card????
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06-27-2002, 05:40 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 513
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Yeah as mentioned, the CFII and AC adapter limitations kinda turned me off the IOGear USB2 reader (the sphere also looked bulkier than necessary)...
And IIRC, that POI/PNY combo reader unit was tested to be like 2-3 times slower than the competition for some reason (?).
Also as other people have said, beware the Dazzle Zio CF readers with the misleading USB2 label...
I'm just waiting for the inevitable market moving to USB2 as a whole (I would've gotten one of those 1394 CF reader, but so far I've been satisfied with my Addonics Mini DigiDrive USB1.1 quad-slot combo reader -- note that this is the newer, much smaller revision than the original Pocket DigiDrive). As far as I can tell it performs about the same as the Zio individual readers...
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06-27-2002, 05:52 AM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 513
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Of course, if you mostly use a laptop, a PC Card adapter is way faster than any USB1.1 readers (but is it still considerably slower than 1394/USB2 readers?). Think it's practical for someone to make a CardBus adapter? 
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06-27-2002, 06:34 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 23
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USB Reader - 6 in 1
We have just taken stock of a new USB 6 in 1 reader that we were sent a demo unit of and we were very impressed with the quality and performance. The specs for it say it is USB 1.2 compliant but hopefully they will update this to USB 2.0 in the next release of the product.
It supports CF I and II (including MicroDrive), SD, MMC, SmartMedia and Memory Stick.
http://www.handheldcanada.com/Mercha...te=ppcthoughts
If the link isn't live right away, it will be by Thursday morning...
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Owen Taylor
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