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Posted by Barry Watzman on April 18, 2008, 9:45 pm
Please log in for more thread options You can get a PC Card to CF converter, and the CF card goes INSIDE the
converter which is the size of just a PC card and which doesn't stick
out. You can use any Compact Flash (CF) card, so this meets all of your
requirements. And it's cheap (probably under $10).
x0054 wrote:
> Hi all. I got 2 laptops, one for home, one for work and travel. I also got
> a desktop which I use occasionally. And I am getting tired keeping track of
> files. So, I had an idea, what if I get a flash drive and carry my personal
> folder on that.
>
> USB drives are out of the question because I will, I know it, snap off the
> thing in the USB port. So instead I am looking at a PCMCIA (PC Card) or CF
> Flash Cards instead. It's perfect because you can just slide them into any
> laptop that has a PCMCIA slot, most still do, and it's flush with the
> laptop, does not stick out, and that port has high access speeds.
>
> With that in mind I spent about 2 hours on google looking for a PC Card
> with 32GB or more of storage. But I can not find one. Can any one point me
> in the right directions, they must have them.
>
> Alternatively I looked at CF cards. They sell 32GB cards on ebay for about
> 150$. Has any one used them before? I was looking for a PC Card because
> they are bigger, thus would have less dance memory and less failure
> possibilities, but a CF card would work just as well, if it is reliable.
>
> Has any one used the 32GB CF cards from ebay, are they reliable?
>
> - Bogdan
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