CF Cards Type 1 or 2?

[MadMesh]

Is the San Disk Ultra II a Type I or Type II device

Is the Hitachi 4 Gig Microdrive a Type I or Type II device...?


Can the 20D accept both types?

[brucea]

Sandisk is Type I
All Microdrives are Type II (the difference is the depth of the device)

20D can accept both

[MadMesh]

thanks so much for your help. Looks like im gona need a Type II pcmcia card reader for the laptop. I belive thoes will accept both.

Any speed difference beteween Type I or II. I understand the microdrives can operate under an standard CF interphaze, or a ATA hard drive style interphase. I know the 20D does CF but does it also support ATA microdrives?

or was that questions not making sence?

[Longwatcher]

According to comparison sites and experience, high-end solid state CF cards (AKA Sandisk Ultra II and Extreme III) operate faster the microdrives of same capacity.

I would recommend a USB2.0 card reader over a PCMCIA card reader if you have USB2.0 on your laptop.

As to ATA or like, it is not really important for CF cards/microdrives as the card reader is usually the primary speed limiting factor these days.

Just my expereince, knowledge, and opinion (in that order),

[MadMesh]

only reason i wanted PCMCIA is because it sits flush with the laptop. No extra cables or dongles to pull out and plug in. I have 2 PCMCIA card slots, 1 with a CF card reader, and one with a Finger Print Scanner for my T40 Thinkpad for security...

[MDJAK]

Here is a link to a pcmcia card that is every bit as fast as a 2.0 card reader. I originally bought one through a contact on ebay. They are now readily available.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/accessories/aska32.shtml