Adapters and the Compact Flash Driver

[Marshall]

Just curious,

I logon and notice that Minolta or whoever has a CF adapter for SD memory. I also notice that Pretec's CompactTRIO is similar but adds a kind of memory. I am also curious about MMC versus SD and Memory Stick versus Memory Stick Pro.

What do you use? It would seem a good idea to get the Pretec's CompactTRIO if one wants a versitile adapter. Of course I would want one that does SD, MMC, Memory Stick and Memory Stick Pro... just because.

Yes I know that would mean a possibility of 2 1 Gig sticks in a NZ90... ;-)

- Marshall

[rob_squared]

I know that people have gotten SD/MMC cards to work. I have gotten SmartMedia working. But I'm not sure about the 4-in-1 or 3-in-1 adaptors, I heard that people haven't had any luck with them.

[Marshall]

SO... noone who has gotten all three or four with the latest driver?
- Marshall

[Marshall]

FYI -

I guess I am surprised that few people seem to have these or use 'em. It just seems like another cool thing to have, especially now with the CF driver.

Perhaps I should have posted to the accessories forum?

- Marshall

[CopyCat]

The 3-1 or 4-1 CF cards like the Trio are almost always just able to run one card at a time. So the four slots let you use a variety of cards but only one at a time. At least I have not seen one that works that way

SD and MMC are the same except SD as a little protection switch

This is the same relationship of MS and Magicgate MS

MS Pro is a whole new format that allows for larger capacity and reported faster speeds.

[Marshall]

Copycat,

Thanks for the keeping me honest. I was not worried about, nor thinking of, the use of the Trio where I'd use it in three or two ways at once.

I use a 512 meg Memory Stick Pro. It is SO fast, and fairly big, so I know to value it. That means to me that I have to back IT up. I'm looking for new ways. Already, BackupBuddy does it every sync, if I let it.

My hope is to have a Memory stick pro in the "stick slot" and another memory stick in the TREO / CF "stick slot". I can then do "stick" to "stick" backups of my cards on my NZ. This done without copying to PC first. The most likely time I'd need this is on a trip or whatever.

Also, the idea of using any SD cards created for the Palm types is good as well.

I got the driver, almost just because it was there and that it could read a friend's flash direct from their camera. Now it seems it could be one more "wow" feature of the NZ.

- Marshall

[euroclie]

Originally posted by Marshall
My hope is to have a Memory stick pro in the "stick slot" and another memory stick in the TREO / CF "stick slot". I can then do "stick" to "stick" backups of my cards on my NZ. This done without copying to PC first. The most likely time I'd need this is on a trip or whatever.
I've done this, but using a simple and inexpensive MS<->CF adapter (the brand is "PCI", it's a Japanese product I bought for 17 US$). It worked great between a 128Mb Sony MS and a 128 Mb Lexar MS...

Also, the idea of using any SD cards created for the Palm types is good as well.
Though I didn't try this, I also bought a SD<->CF adapter (same brand, same price), and it worked great with a 64Mb Sandisk SD card.

Yes, a 3-in-1 or 5-in-1 adapter would be nice, but as it is, I can live with what I already have! ;)

[Marshall]

Just curious, do you know if your converter supports "Memory Stick Pro" as well as "Memory Stick"?

Or do they have another separate CF <> MSP, probably for the same price? (They may nickel and dime their way in the world...) ;)

- Marshall

[euroclie]

Hi Marshall,

Originally posted by Marshall
Just curious, do you know if your converter supports "Memory Stick Pro" as well as "Memory Stick"?


Don't know if it supports MSPro or not. Given that the hardware part is stricktly identical, I'd say that it should work OK, but I chose to buy a 512Mb CF instead of the equivalent MS Pro, so I can't confirm this yet... ;)

[Marshall]

Patrick,

The form factor IS the same the driver would either need to be written recently or updated.

Although I was able to do some stuff with my 512 MS-Pro in my NZ90 MSExport and a couple of things would not work until Sony had an update. (I'd also guess that my MS-Pro is faster than the same in CF.)

- Marshall