Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 20:58:34 +0900 (JST) From: Marty Cawthon <mrc@ChipChat.ne.jp> To: gram@cequrux.com Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compact flash adaptor driver? Message-ID: <20000817205834D.mrc@ChipChat.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: <399BB7D6.DA03E7D6@cequrux.com> References: <399BB7D6.DA03E7D6@cequrux.com>
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From: Graham Wheeler <gram@cequrux.com> gram> I have a digital camera which uses Smartmedia (compact flash memory gram> cards). I also have an adaptor for these cards that looks like a gram> standard 3.5" floppy, and software for Windoze which allows me to copy gram> files to/from the memory cards as though it is a floppy drive. gram> gram> Apart from CodeWarrior for PalmOS, this driver is the only reason I gram> still need Windoze. So I was wondering whether there is a driver for gram> this, or whether anyone is working on one, or if there is one for Linux gram> that I could work on porting, or whether this is all closed-source gram> proprietary stuff and there is no hope.... gram> gram> regards gram> gram gram> -- gram> Dr Graham Wheeler E-mail: gram@cequrux.com gram> Director, Research and Development WWW: http://www.cequrux.com gram> CEQURUX Technologies Phone: +27(21)423-6065 gram> Firewalls/VPN Specialists Fax: +27(21)424-3656 This message does not directly address Dr Wheeler's question, but it does indicate a relatively easy way to read Smartmedia under FreeBSD. I have a Nikon 950 Coolpix which uses "Compact Flash". For a while I was downloading photos with a serial port and Windows 95, but I do not like Windows. I recently bought a SCSI device with a "Microtech" name on it. It is an external SCSI box with (1) slot for a PCCard and (1) slot for "Smartmedia". I remove the "Compact Flash" from my camera and put it in a PC-Card and mount it just like a SCSI "da" type device. I have also verified that it works with a "Smartmedia" chip from a Ricoh digital camera. I can mount both PC-Card and Smartmedia devices at the same time. Read (and write, I suppose) JPG files. I bought this device about 6 weeks ago, and at the time I learned that a similar model is available with a USB interface. The SCSI device cost about US$250.00. Thus far I am pleased with the operation and versatility that this device provides. I am not related or involved in the manufacture or marketing of the SCSI device, just a happy "MS-Free" FreeBSD user. Marty Cawthon ChipChat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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