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Piccolo drive
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Austin, Tx
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i just read about it in a "do you miss your floppy drives" thread and went to a website to do a little research. looks cool! but just one question, how does it work? Flash technology? could someone help to solve the mystery of the Piccolo drive?
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Santa Ana
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Hi GatoVolador. You probably read my quip about the Piccolo drive on that thread. My boss' wife wanted to enlist my help in picking out something for his Christmas gift, so I picked out a 32mb Piccolo drive. Basically, it's a flash memory card with an integrated USB plug (male, of course) all in one. It's totally plug and play with a Mac OS and Windows 98 (Rev B?) and above. He has a Sony Vaio laptop and a P4 desktop and we swap files back and forth no problem. I'm going to get one for myself, no doubt.
You can get them in 32, 64 and 128. There's supposed to be a 256 but it isn't out yet, and it's kind of pricey anyway. The 64mb is 100 bucks. It acts just like a floppy, only no moving parts. This is the kind of technology advancement we used to expect from iomega.
PeteWK
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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Oh yeah, I almost forgot...check it out at Sonnettechnologies.com. Sonnet has been an excellent Mac specialist for years.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2001
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If only it were as cheap as SDRAM. I'd love a 512 MB stick for $70, then $30 for the USB connector...
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Actual conversation between UCLA and Stanford during a login on early Internet - U: I'm going to type an L! Did you get an L? S: I got one-one-four. L! U:Did you get the O? S: One-one-seven. U: <types G> S: The computer just crashed.
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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Western Connecticut
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I got a 128 mb Piccolo from MacZone for $169, but returned it when I saw the 256 mb JMTek USBdrive for $175 at McAfee. With the USBdrive you also get a key ring, a neck chain and a 6'' USB cable. Great product. Solved my need to have common storage between my Mac and PC. Plug and play. Amazing technology.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
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I noticed on the JMTek USBdrive web page that there were drivers. I am running OSX, do I need drivers for this or will it just work. How bout for Windoze? Is this true for all brands? I see that it is mentioned that it is plug and play, but every time I see drivers I am suspicious.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 1999
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I noticed on the JMTek USBdrive web page that there were drivers. I am running OSX, do I need drivers for this or will it just work. How bout for Windoze? Is this true for all brands? I see that it is mentioned that it is plug and play, but every time I see drivers I am suspicious.
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Western Connecticut
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The way I understand it from reading and talking to JMTek is that the device works with Mac 8.6 thru X and with Windows 98 SE and later. Of these operating systems, you only need to download a driver for Windows 98 SE. Drivers for all the other operating systems are loaded in.
Also, the included USB cable is 3 feet long not 6" as I said earlier. The cap on the JMTek also has a pocket clip on it like a pen. So they include gadgets to carry the drive clipped on a pocket (shirt or briefcase), around your neck, or on your keychain.
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