[DuoList] How do I get a file off a 2400c w/ no disk or ZIP drives?

[Susanna]

Iman:

I use this method often for transferring files.  In case you're still 
not clear about what's needed, and the process:

1) A compact flash card.  About a 1-inch-square little flat thing. 
Some digital cameras use them.  You can get them in a computer store 
or possibly a camera store.  The smaller-capacity ones don't cost 
much.

2)The compact flash adapter, another flat thing, several times the 
size of the compact flash card (which you can also find easily at a 
computer store, possibly a camera store, was $12 or so when I bought 
mine).  The compact flash card gets inserted into this adapter, and 
then the whole thing goes into the PC slot in the back of the 
powerbookslot.  After you insert it, it should show up on the 
desktop.  Copy your files onto it, then eject.
Then pull the compact flash card out of the adapter.  Now, in order 
to transfer the files to another computer, you need a way for that 
computer (assuming it has no PC slot) to read the card.  That's what 
the other thing is for:

3)The USB compact flash card reader.  It's something that sits on 
your desk, connects by a cord to the USB port on the imac or 
whatever.  Mine looks like a whale, and you put the compact flash 
card in its mouth.  Then the card appears on the desktop and you can 
copy your files off of it.

Susanna


>Not a USB flash drive.  PCMCIA to compact flash adapter, with a 
>compact flash card inserted.  Then also a USB compact flash card 
>reader.
>
>Of course, if you're cardbus enabled, you could use a Cardbus USB 
>card, but I've never tried one of those with a flash drive.
>--
>Chuck Kenney
>
>FreeFall Software
>http://www.freefallsoftware.com/
>
>On Nov 3, 2005, at 5:30 PM, Iman Bhullar wrote:
>
>>This would be fantastic. I always wished I could use
>>one of those little USB flash drives. What do I need?
>>Please be specific - like exact phrases I can
>>specifically type into google to look for the right
>>adapter.