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From: "Gordon Banks" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] Backup Media
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 12:04:18 -0800
In-Reply-To: <001d01c29a3c$2abbc820$6401a8c0@charliexii>


Prices on these are falling fast. I got a 128MB one for $59, and on Nov 29,
Fry's Electronics was selling the 64MB ones with a rebate that made them
free after the rebate (if anyone was crazy enough to try to shop at Fry's
the day after Thanksgiving). You can also use compact flash cards the same
way. USB readers for these are down to about $10. The cards themselves
sell for about $40 for 128MB (www.newegg.com).

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Byram [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 11:51 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [TMG] Backup Media


Bob Berg wrote:

> I found a quick backup media that works great with TMG 4 or 5, the Sony
> Micro-Vault. It is a small USB flash memory card about the size of a pen
> knife. It uses no drivers with WinME on (W98 drivers are included) and
> is very fast, just plug in a USB slot and it is recognized as an
> additional drive with the next drive letter.

USB flash memory 'drives' are the replacement for floppy disks that we have
been looking for all these years. Dell is now offering one of these as a
floppy drive substitute with notebook orders. They come in sizes from 16 Mb
to 1 Gb or larger and can be as small as a penknife.

I used a Sony Micro-Vault on a recent trip in place of my notebook docking
base (with floppy and DVD-ROM). While at a historical center, I used one of
their machines to scan photos and used the Micro-Vault to transfer the
images to my notebook. There are more than a dozen manufacturers of these
devices (disk-on-key, thumb-drive, etc.). The Sony version is generally
overpriced. Best Buy had a Buslink 128 Mb equivalent for ~$100 and a Buslink
32 Mb size for ~$40. After my experience transferring image files, 128 Mb
seems like a good minimum size.

No additional drivers are needed for WinME or WinXP. The installations
already have the drivers and they are installed the first time that the
device is inserted.

Jim


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