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Date:	Sun, 27 Apr 2003 20:36:42 PDT7
From:	Sheridan George <s-geo@usa.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: San Disk memory card reader problem

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J. R. Fox wrote:

> A bit later on, Sheridan responded:
>
>
>>I have an IDE based CompactFlash card reader. If I boot my computer without a CF card in the reader
>>it will not be found when inserted (this was noted in the instructions). If I boot with a card in the
>>reader it is useable and can be hot swapped for another card and still work. It's just that a card
>>needs to be seen on bootup. Maybe your SmartMedia setup needs the same.
>
>
> Is this apt to be an issue with ANY of the media formats under USB with OS/2 ?
> Is the very slow xfer speed someone mentioned also going to be a fact we just have to live with ?
> (The hub I got is USB 2.0. If it's fast under Win-32, I don't see where there should be any excuse
> for poor performance under OS/2.)
>

I can only respond to matters concerning the IDE CompactFlash card reader that I have. I'm not using
USB for anything (yet). OS/2 treats the CompactFlash as a removable media hard drive with the
attendant speed of a hard drive.

Sheridan

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