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On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 10:01:17PM -0400, Colin wrote: |
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> John J. Foster wrote: |
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> >Good evening all. My San Disk ImageMate dual reader said goodbye to our |
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> >family today. She should have left a few months ago. |
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> > |
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> >So, what I'm searching for is a replacement reader. I saw some good |
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> >reviews for ImageMate® 8-in-1 Reader/Writer. I don't really need all |
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> >eight, but so what. What I'd really like, though, is the ability plug |
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> >and unplug cards while the reader remains attached via usb2 or firewire. |
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> >My old San Disk gave me problems for years. Sometimes no connection. |
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> >Sometimes inserted card could be any of sdb[1-15]. Udev helped with this |
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> >a little, but basically the reader was a POS (for you wtf users). I'm |
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> >looking for something that will react the same every time. |
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> > |
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> >Any recommendations? |
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> > |
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> I've got an AFT PRO-9. It's a 9-in-1 connects via USB 2.0 |
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> internally/externally and has Secure Digital, Multimedia Card, |
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> SmartMedia, xDigital, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, CompactFlash, |
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> MicroDrive and a 4-pin FireWire 400 port (pass-through, you need a |
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> FireWire port somewhere on your computer). |
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> I've only tested it with an SD card, and it seems to work perfectly. |
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> To use this, you need to compile in SCSI support (the same you need for |
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> USB Mass Storage) and make sure you select the "Probe all LUN's" option. |
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> -- |
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> Colin |
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Colin, |
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Thanks for the good advice. I meant to write back earlier, but ....... |
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Although I've only used the CF port so far, all 4 physical ports were |
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correctly recognized, and the appropriate devices created. Life is good |
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again. |
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John |
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Contrary to the lie machine, the world is not safer. |
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