[bookport] Re: dumb question

  • From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 20:21:25 -0500

And let's not forget that most files, especially books should not be loaded
directly onto the card via the reader but run through the transfer software.
The readers can be very handy, though, for moving whole folders that have
already been processed by the transfer software.  Lou
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Arrigo" <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 7:58 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: dumb question


> Card readers are around $20 or so. They are mainly used to allow you to
> transfer data from memory cards to your computer. Flash memory cards are
> used in digital cameras, and a card reader allows you to transfer those
> pictures to your computer without having to connect the camera directly to
> the computer. When you connect a card reader, it shows up as a drive in my
> computer, so the reader essentially turns a flash card in to the
equivalent
> of a USB flash drive.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Melia" <uncle.jam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 2:48 AM
> Subject: [bookport] dumb question
>
>
> > what is a card reader & how does it work with the book port.
> > Does it get connected to the computer with a USB port.
> > where would one get a card reader and how much would be the cost.
> >
> >
>
>


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