Welcome to the MacNN Forums.

hotani · May 12, 2001, 12:39 PM

I need a smartmedia card reader. FireWire would be nice, but USB is probably all that is out there and would be fine.

Also, does anyone have experiences using any of the readers with OSX? I am trying to go OSX all the way, and do not want to have to reboot to use the reader if possible.

by the way, this is for a new iBook (dual USB).

------------------
PowerBook G3 266/320
Darwin 1.3/OS X 10.0.1/OS 9.1
download free hotani web template

RoofusPennymore · May 12, 2001, 01:28 PM

I looked at a firewire reader but it was like $40, compared to $20 for the USB version.

AirSluf · May 12, 2001, 03:22 PM

My Antec reader causes Classic to crash and cause kernel panics (ouch!)

hotani · May 12, 2001, 04:31 PM

where did you find the firewire reader?

my order of preference is this:

1- firewire that works on OSX
2- USB that works on OSX
3- firewire on OS 9
4- USB on OS 9

RoofusPennymore · May 13, 2001, 02:50 AM

Originally posted by hotani:
where did you find the firewire reader?

I saw one at a local MicroCenter, can't remember it's brand.

Right now I don't trust anything to work in OSX, but I do know that my US CF reader works.