Thanks all, for the advice on usb smartmedia readers. The selection wasn't nearly as broad as I expected, so I got a no-name brand smartmedia-only reader/writer and it works just fine.
-- Chris Spackman gpg: 9B6B 860E 7C06 787F 366F 5D3E 7152 DCB2 FC51 51B9
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