Re: Flash Memory Reader for Apple //

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Bill in NC wrote:

>mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote in message
>news:<20021107143726.25589.00000083@mb-ch.aol.com>... 
>> Ed wrote (regarding the Apple II CompactFlash card): 
>>  
>> >The product you are asking about is a nifty piece of equipment.  It is  
>> >an IDE controller OR Flash card reader.  However, you will not be able  
>> >to use the flash crd in multiple things to transfer files, as you post  
>> >suggests.  The flash card reader does not support and but it's own file  
>> >format.  So you could not put files on the card and move them to another  
>> >PC with a card reader there or visaversa. 
>>  
>> This is not strictly true--it's actually a "small matter of programming". 
>>  
>> The CFFA card supports only hard partitioning of the media, not a 
>> partition table on the media itself, so it is incompatible with PC's and 
>> Macs for direct interchange. 
>>  
>> But a Mac or PC formatted flash card can be placed in the card and 
>> its blocks read directly.  Apple II software could then interpret the 
>> data to implement, say, the PC's FAT 12 file system (used by many 
>> digital cameras). 
>>  
>> >The web site is as follows: 
>> >http://dreher.net/CFforAppleII/ 
>
>You are correct, there is no partition map on the card itself 
>(the partitioning scheme is hard-coded into ROM). 
> 
>However, my Mac can read my 128MB CF card (using a USB card reader)  
>but sees only the first 32MB PRODOS partition (iBook, OS 9.2.2) 
> 
>Yes, I transfer back and forth from the Mac to the //gs this way. 

Cool--so the Mac sees it as a non-partitioned ProDOS volume!

-michael

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