Re: I wonder if it would be complicated to design...

["Bill Buckels" <bbuckels@mts.net>]

"David Schmidt" <schmidtd@my-deja.com> wrote:

> The CF slot specifically is harder to make remote with any of Rich's cards 
> unless you use an extension cable (which I suspect you already have).

I still like it but your next comment is a strong argument. Thanks David.

> The USB slot is of course much more flexible, and has many more extension 
> options that take up rather less desk space. ;-)

Apparently the way to go then...

> SanDisk is the defacto standard, that's for sure.  Not everyone is as good 
> as they are.

This gets to be a problem in a year or 10 when they become rarer.

>USB is much smaller/simpler/easier to plug into other devices.

True, but I have a bad habit of jiggling cards out of slots in frantic 
moments when I am impatient and can't see worth a cr*p... I'd just hate to 
fry something because of my careless nature.

> That's the beauty of the '3000... it gives you one more layer of 
> indirection (disk images vs. partitions) so that moving data around in the 
> real world is just that much simpler.  Yes, CiderPress+CF cards works. 
> But 32MB .po images are simply files to all operating systems
and tools.

You make a good case David. Thanks again for the good thoughts.

Bill