Re: Dell INTERNAL media card reader for Dim 8400

Scrub the floppy interface for an internal media card reader. The combined
floppy / media card reader usually has a USB connector to be attached to the
motherboard or a USB card. My bad... Ben Myers

On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 11:24:57 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben
Myers) wrote:

>Internal media readers for tower or desktop systems are a little bit tricky. On
>balance, I would suggest an external one.
>
>Your choices for internal, with perils and pitfalls are as follows:
>
>USB interface - needs a USB connector inside the chassis
>SCSI interface - needs a SCSI card, too.
>IDE interface - connects to standard IDE connector, MUST be a secondary drive
>(better on secondary IDE channel) to avoid being a boot device
>PCI-PCMCIA interface - you don't want to insert a media card into the BACK of
>the system, do you?
>floppy interface - a little slow, but shares a 3.5" drive bay with a standard
>(not Dell) floppy drive. If your system already has a floppy, you the
>media-floppy device would replace it logically.
>
>In addition, any device with a PCMCIA (PC Card) slot can read-write all other
>media types with simple and cheap adapters which hold the smaller media.
>
>SanDisk is the leading manufacturer of flash memory media, and their various
>devices are very good... Ben Myers
>
>On Fri, 26 Aug 2005 23:27:03 -0500, "Monica" <monicakm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I've found one for a 5100. Does anyone know if Dell makes one for the
>>Dimension 8400? If they don't, can you suggest a reliable brand?
>>Thanks,
>>Monica
>>
>>
>

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