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From:Jason Monk
Date:11 Aug 2001 at 16:15:47
Subject:Re: Digital Camera FD Adaptor

Hello Kevin

On 10-Aug-01, you wrote:

> Hello David,
>
> On 10-Aug-01, you wrote:
>
>
>> CAn anyone confirm whether or not a SmartMedia Floppy Disk Adaptor
>> will work in an Amiga 1200.
>

Surely the floppy disk adapter doesn`t need to use the PCMCIA?

I think David meant one of these:

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/meritline/flopdrivadfo.html

So, theoretically it might work? Just a software issue I think...

> It won't, unfortunately. To use the PCMCIA port for that, you need
> something like the promised Eyetech EZcam, which supplies the
> missing electronics from the A1200s port, and also enables you to
> front mount the device in a Tower.
>
>> I'm hoping that it will in conjunction with something like mountdos
>> or crossdos but I don't want to get one if there is likely to be
>> problems.
>
> There is a solution, by using a SCSI PC card reader, as we've been
> discussing, but if you don't have SCSI, that's that one out the
> window :(
>

Anyone know if it`s possible to use the parallel smartmedia/compact
flash card readers with an Amiga (with/without an I/O expansion?)

Regards

Jason



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