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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, sindi keesan wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> > Some of the new ones use CF cards (which can be read
> > on a laptop via a cheap CF-PCMCIA sleeve).  BL3 does
> > not currently have a PCMCIA module for reading CF
> > cards, but it would be a lot easier to add than USB
> > (and it could be used on any laptop with a PCMCIA slot).
> > I believe many digital cameras store pictures as jpegs
> > (which BL3 is currently able to display).
>
> How would one use one of these cameras with a desktop computer and BL?
> Are there ways to add card readers for other types of memory cards?

You don't really use the camera itself: you use a removable memory card
(the compact flash type in Steven's example). You insert the removable
memory card that contains the photos into a device that accepts such
cards, which in turn is hooked to your computer. Most of these "multi-card
readers" (they read several different types like secure digital, multi
media, etc) are made to connect via USB. I think some internal multi card
readers hook to an IDE cable though. In that case, the stock BL3 kernel
should work. But those internal multi card readers are not hot-pluggable:
at the least, they would require manual mounting/umounting to be able to
deal with media insertion and extraction while the machine is running. I
recall seeing somewhere PCMCIA multi card readers as well, btw.

James