[plug] [OT] CF Card Reader dead

[Jon Miller]

There is a 7-in-1 card reader I just picked up from Westan in Osborne Park for $37 ex GST. It's a Transend external USB 2.0 with a short and longer USB cable and case.

Jon

Jon L. Miller, MCNE, CNS, ASE
Director/Sr Systems Consultant
MMT Networks Pty Ltd
http://www.mmtnetworks.com.au

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure
 is trying to please everybody." -Bill Cosby



>>> weirdo at tigris.org 11:25:49 pm 16/12/2003 >>>
Recently my USB CF Card reader cabled shorted out. After dishing the cable 
and getting front USB i continued to take photos. Just the other day my 
card reader also died. When plugged in to windows XP it detects a unknown 
USB device and the device doesn't power up.
As I initially spent $40 for it on ebay from N.S.W.? i don't want to have 
to order another from out of WA.
Can any one suggest were I can buy a good cheap one? I'm sure i saw them 
advertised for like $20 somewhere about a week ago but can't remember if i 
was dreaming. My usual hunting ground only has IDE ones in stock at $50 and 
although I one day wish to boot Linux of CF using one I can also boot of 
USB /and/ go to other computers.
So please reveal all and tell me were YOU would go and get a cheap one.
It only needs to be able to read CF cards and be plugged into the back of a 
comp (one that has little room for the USB plug)
Thanks
Tim


weirdo AT tigris DOT org (MSN Enabled) | ICQ# 255176389 | Riverton, Perth, WA

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