Russell Kent wrote:

Paul,
Wander over to your nearest

CompUSA/MicroCenter/BestBuy/CircuitCity.  There's a

Compact Flash reader/writer sold by SanDisk (and others) that plugs

into USB.

USB, as everyone should know, stands for "Universal SERIAL Bus".  I'm

not saying

that I want to do it, but it should be possible to hook up one of

these to your

PIC.

Paul Lamar responded:

That sounds like that might be a way to go. The PIC should be able
implement the USB standard. BTW do you have the specs for USB?

No, I don't, but I suspect they can easily be found.  The hard part

might be finding

the interface standard for that reader/writer box.  Dunno.  BTW, that

interface box is

about $30, so there cannot be much inside it.

Russell Kent

They're getting cheaper by the day.  Fry's has one on sale for about $5
after rebate.  I got one for smart media months ago for $29.  I never plug
my camera into the PC anymore, just pop the card in the reader and
downloads are much faster.  There are about 5 or 6 different kinds of
ittybity memory media out there right now.  Smart Media (Fuji,
Olympus)(cheapest-32Mb about $20), Compac Flash (Panasonic), Secure
Data(?), Memorex something, Sony something, etc.
MGM

Mike McGee, RV-4 N996RV, O320-E2G, Hillsboro, OR
13B in gestation mode

 
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