[ale] OT: but on Linux; Flash card memory card reader/writer

[Greg Clifton]

In defense of the mfg with the type A connector only, I am seeing a number
of motherboards that have a type A connector on the motherboard (internal,
not just in the I/O shield area) evidently for just such an application. But
you are not likely to see that on a 5 yr old mobo. Just my $.02
GC

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 01/20/2010 03:50 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > So far every one I've tried has either "just worked" or was DOA
> > hardware. Some have been stupid (like the card must be inserted _before_
> > the USB cable is connected) but most are just fine with nothing to tweak
> > on the Linux side.
> >
> > Internal vs. external depends on preference and availability of an
> > internal USB header. I once ran a USB cable outside the box to an
> > external port through a notch I cut in a slot cover :-) The internal
> > unit came with no way to connect to a header, just a standard USB type A.
> >
> Bummer, you'd thing that it would have a header type of connector being
> an internal unit. Was that made by someone owned by Micro$haft?
>
> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com
> > <mailto:skotchman at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Looking for a card reader/writer that will support most current card
> >     types. I am running Fedora 12 x86_64. Are there any gotchas, that I
> need
> >     to watch for? Also, Internal vs. external, any benefits of one over
> the
> >     other, or is it just personal preference?
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