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DoN. Nichols
 
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Default OT Computer Question

According to Jack Hayes :

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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:35:08 -0500, "Jack Hayes"
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Hi All; Has anyone found an adapter that will connect a PCMCIA Hard Drive
(type II) to a USB port?


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Are you trying to connect one of those hard drives that is normally
inserted in a Type II slot, but wnat to connect to a USB port?


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What I need to do is read from a PCMCIA drive to USB on a desk top. Can both
type II and III drives be read by the same device?


Hmm ... do you have any slots left on the computer? Any drive
bays still empty? There are available PCI cards which connect to a dual
PCMCIA socket in a drive bay. These will take Type-I and Type-II in
either slot, and Type-III only in the bottom slot with nothing in the
top slot. (I'm presuming that you have a Windows machine.)

There are also some which do the same, but which have a SCSI
interface, which is what I am using in my Sun Ultra(SPARC)-2. And in
that, I use adaptors from PCMCIA to CF (Compact Flash) to read images
from my Nikon D70 camera. And yes -- it can read the PCMCIA hard drives
as well, as I use those in an older camera which doesn't understand CF
cards.

You can find both types of adaptors on eBay.

Good Luck,
DoN.
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