As that I have both, a notetaker and book port I have a few cf cards with
different capacities.
copy pasted below are two messages from Walt smith which talk about a
resource for finding cards. I will only add one additional thought of my
own. while most brands of cf cards perform the same way, some of the bigger
brands like sanddisc and kingston also come with lifetime guarantees.
depending on how much money you want to spend for how much capacity this may
or may not be a factor.
*** message one***
Brand of Compact really doesn't matter very much because in order to use the
term "CompactFlash," the manufacturer must meet certain standards defined by
the CompactFlash Association. The only thing, as I've said before, to be
sure of is that you do not get the kind of card that allows you to write;
but not erase; files. These one-way cards are usually less expensive than
comparably-sized cards that are full read/write. Also, it doesn't matter
about transfer speed, since that's only an issue in cameras.
An excellent source for tracking CF card prices and connecting to vendors
is:
http://www.dealram.com
***message two***
There's an excellent resource at:
http://www.dealram.com
that collects best price information on CompactFlash cards and then provides
links to each vendor. DealRAM, itself, isn't a purchase site, only a source
of information. I try to check it every week.
----- Original Message -----
From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 2:31 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare And Portable Computing Devices
Anyone with good prices on cf cards (the kind which fit into braillenotes) please post where you got them on this list. I need one or two.
E. At 08:52 PM 7/14/2006, you wrote:
HI E,
Actually I meant what you are referring to as data key. I just went to their
site and it appears they no longer offer them....:(.
Katie Hill
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Miracles happen not in opposition to Nature, but in opposition to
what we know of Nature.
-St. Augustine
-----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E. Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:56 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare And Portable Computing Devices
Do you mean one of those data keys? Or a USB external drive? Th external drives can be huge but are far less portable than the cards or data keys which are, of course, smaller in capacity.
At 04:20 PM 7/14/2006, you wrote:
>HI Monica,
>
>One option I will suggest is you may want to at some point invest in a
>larger USB drive. I have seen them as large as 16GB already and have >heard
>from Sony that over the coming year they will be as large as 32GB. This
goes
>back a few months but www.lacie.com had a 16gb for under 200. But it >all
>depends on your needs.
>
>
>
>Katie Hill
>
>Expand your horizon's at: WWW.838gold.com
>
>Miracles happen not in opposition to Nature, but in opposition to
>
>what we know of Nature.
>
>-St. Augustine
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tiffany H. >Jessen
>Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 12:00 PM
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare And Portable Computing Devices
>
>Between using a number of desktops at work, home, my mother's, and my
>fathers, not to mention my two laptops and notetaker, I too am one of >those
>with several files everywhere. sometimes I have files only on one >machine,
>sometimes I have files on more than one machine, other times I have the
same
>
>file in different levels of editing on several machines. This isn't even
>mentioning my numerous, or thanks to my mum accidentally putting one
through
>
>the washer machine semi numerous, thumb drives and compact flash cards.
>What I try to do is
>A, get rid of any files which are duplecates or obsolete. B, save the
>remaining files with proper names. This includes not only using a book's
>entire name, but if it isn't a book or something with a proper name then >I
>use names which make sense. Like, here at work I have to write progress
>notes about the students in all my classes. At first it seems it would >make
>sense to call the file progress notes, but then you have to relise I not
>only have five periods in a day, but also have five semesters in a year. >If
>I ever need to look back on a file I don't want to go look in each file
>until I find what I want, so I name it with the specific class name,
>semester, and year.
>C, put the files in places which are consistant. Like, if I downloaded a
>book from bookshare using kurzweil they always go into a folder called
>downloads, which is a sub folder of the folder called kurzweil >educational
>systems, which is a sub folder of my documents. once I'm done reading >it I
>manually move it to the books folder, which is on the same level of
>downloads. While this sounds easy enough, trust me with the amount of
>reading I do and devices I use this is sometimes hard to keep track of, >so
I
>
>do ocasionally do have to go in and open and close a lot of the >framiliar
>sounding titles of the download folder to see what I have in fact >finished
>or not. I have learned while I do have one folder on the same level as >the
>other two which contains several books in various levels of editing, >never
>do I put any books in my documents or other places because then I have >to
>look through many many more files to find what I'm looking for.
>D, ocasionally I consider a, b, and c, and go through everything. Not >only
>do I clean out each indevidgual machine, but I also compare one machine
>verses another. Like, sometimes I may download a book onto one machine >and
>not finish reading it. Rather than bothering to move it from one machine >to
>another I just redownload it onto the second machine. Now, after I'm >done
>reading it there is no need for two copies. I can easily delete the ones >I
>know are duplecates, but still how do I know which machine to look on >for
>that one file if I haven't used it in a long time? In this step d I >remove
>all books which I don't need any longer and place them all onto one
>particular machine. That way if I want to go back I always can find >things
>easily. That machine by the way is set up to make periodic back ups of
>itself on an external hard drive.
>I not only do this with books, but with all my documents, email, and >other
>files as well. Additionally since my book port and notetaker use compact
>flash cards I like to clean those out as welll.
>Finally, the last thing you have to consider is for those files which >you
>want to have access to from the other machines like your
>phone/address/appointment books, or other documents in various stages of
>editing. Rather than just copying those files or folders back and forth
>where they are overwritten I usually prefer to import and merge it so I
have
>
>all contacts and other essential information on all computers.
>As to files which I not only have on more than one computer but >regularly
>edit, it is sometimes dificult to just copy back and forth because >you're
>not always sure which is the most updated copy. In that case, after >editing
>the file I sometimes put a number or date at the end of the file name. >I
>don't do it with the file menu and save as, because then you again get >more
>than one copy. Rather than have duplecates I close the file, right click
it,
>
>and then just rename the file. If you didn't want to put numbers in a >file
>name you can always go into the properties of a file with alt enter, and >it
>will tell you the date this file was created and the date when it was >last
>revized/saved.
>While I certainly can't brag about it being the most organized method, >it
>does work for me. The main thing is to find a method of what ever you >like
>and stick to it. If not you will eventually end up with files floating >all
>over the place and it'll cause chaos any time you need to find anything.
>Now, if I could only find a method of retrieving a meal from the kitchen
>without actually applying time into the preparations...
>Tiff
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