[bookport] Re: Can't Say enough for Card Readers
- From: "DOC" <TALMIDIM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:20:51 -0700
thanks for the info
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neal Ewers" <neal.ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 2:06 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Can't Say enough for Card Readers
> Normally, using a USB cable connected to the device and using a card
> reader are the same speed. What the book port tries to do, however, is
> to place navigation information in the file which takes longer. In
> addition, and probably more importantly, the book port is only USB 1
> compatible. This is a lot slower than USB2 which most card readers use.
> So, unless you want to have the book or other file indexed for
> navigation purposes, copying a file to a card reader would be faster
> than to the book ports USB port.
>
> Neal
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DOC
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 2:55 PM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Can't Say enough for Card Readers
>
>
> Is this suppose to be a faster method of uploading information to the
> card rather than using the USB cable that comes with the bookport?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <chris.BP.FL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 8:33 AM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Can't Say enough for Card Readers
>
>
> > there are several kinds of external writer/readers, some only for
> > compact flash, others also for more memory types. a writer/reader for
> > cf only is just enclosing the card, so let's say 1 centimeter (.4 in)
> > thicker, longer and broader than the card, the other ones are somewhat
>
> > larger.
> >
> > an external writer/reader is not connected to the BP, but to your PC,
>
> > depending on its interface with a USB(2.0) or firewire(400/1394a)
> > cable.
> >
> > there are also cf cardbus (PCMCIA) adapters. then the adapter + card
> > fully disappears in the cardbus slot.
> >
> > some newer pc's may have a built-in writer/reader.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of DOC
> > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 15:39
> > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bookport] Re: Can't Say enough for Card Readers
> >
> > Can I get a description of what the card reader looks like and where
> > is
> it
> > plugged into the bookport?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <chris.BP.FL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 3:05 AM
> > Subject: [bookport] Re: Can't Say enough for Card Readers
> >
> >
> > >
> > > in my previous post i wrote about card reader/wrriter interfaces usb
>
> > > 2.0
> > and
> > > firewire. i forgot to tell the transfer speed with the current cards
>
> > > is limited by the card, and not by the interface. the fastest cards
> > > (for consumers) i knnow have a speed of approx. 20 megabytes/second,
>
> > > while the USB 2.0 and firewire 400/1394a are in the
> > order
> > > of 50 megabytes/second.
> > >
> > > Chris S.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > On Behalf Of Bruce Toews
> > > Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 4:36
> > > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [bookport] Can't Say enough for Card Readers
> > >
> > > One thing's for sure, the bigger your memory card, the more glad you
>
> > > can be for card readers. It's so much faster dumping audiobooks on
> > > MP3 onto
> CF
> > > cards via a card reader. And with the improved navigation for
> > > unfiltered cards, what can I say, APH, great job.
> > >
> > > Bruce
> > >
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