Hello all, I want to introduce myself into the world of digital photos, mainly family snapshots for screen and webuse, but I have run into some problems. I need a way to get the digital pictures from the camera to the Mac, and this is where it seems to go wrong. I have a 8600/G3 with all PCIslots filled, and no USB available, and a Powerbook G3 Kanga (not cardbus compliant), and about all recent digital cameras talk USB...
* I won't buy an other Mac, just for the sake of getting USB. * I'm not looking forward to the serial connection like the Quicktake camera family. * Getting the Kanga cardbus compliant is out of the question. So what are my options ??? The only option I can come up with is the use of a PCMCIA adaptor for CompactFlash cards (or other memory cards) but I have some questions with this : * Pro/con of this route ?? * Is this possible in the 16bit PCMCIA slots of the Kanga ?? * Do I need special software to read the cards, or do they just show up on the desktop like a CD ?? * Can I write to the CFcards (backup, I've read of booting from them, what about formatting them) ?? * What's the maximum size of CFcard the Kanga can handle (I've read about type I and II)?? * Difference between CF and the others (Smartmedia,...) which seem to require more expensive adaptors, any preferences ?? * Are there any other things to consider going this route ?? Or other possibilities (SCSI) ?? I would like some real world experience and hands-on knowledge. Does anybody use this route with digital cameras ?? TIA, Bramke For completeness : 8600/G3-450/928MBram/PCIvideo/PCIsound/PCI-IDE cards PB G3-250 Kanga/160MBram All OS 9.1 -- Bramke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgium (digest-mode) -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
