Because nobody has actually used them for several years. The only things I've seen for quite some time that use the type II footprint are micro drives, which aren't properly CF cards at all. ----- Original Message ----- From: <chris.bookp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:27 PM Subject: [bookport] SanDisk is no longer manufacturing Type II CompactFlash cards On a question to SanDisk about their 16 gig compact flash card (remember BP official maximum is 4 gig), they answered: SanDisk Response: (01/16/2007 04:02) ..... All current SanDisk CompactFlash cards are Type I. SanDisk is no longer manufacturing Type II CompactFlash cards. .....