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Title: Firefly USB disk: Perfect storage device?
Post by: Retief on August 25, 2004, 12:16:56 am

OK, the C860 can act as a USB host for USB devices, right?  So the deck-of-cards-sized 20G Firefly USB disk http://www.smartdisk.com/Products/Storage%...ves/FireFly.asp (http://www.smartdisk.com/Products/Storage%20Products/Hard%20Drives/FireFly.asp)
seems like it should be the perfect add-on, or am I all wet?

I notice the web page does not mention compatability with Linux, so that may be an issue.  Also, I wonder whether the data transfer speed would be high enough to play MP3s or MPEGs directly off of it.

Any thoughts?

Title: Firefly USB disk: Perfect storage device?
Post by: lardman on August 25, 2004, 05:52:35 am

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OK, the C860 can act as a USB host for USB devices, right?

Unfortunately, wrong; unless you use a usb-host CF card, all Zs bar the 6000 are only usb clients (is that the right terminology?). The 6000 is also a usb host.


Si

Title: Firefly USB disk: Perfect storage device?
Post by: Retief on August 27, 2004, 11:12:05 pm

Bother.  I was afraid I was mis-remembering.     Thanks.

Title: Firefly USB disk: Perfect storage device?
Post by: 2devnull on September 04, 2004, 03:42:34 pm

What is the best bang for the buck usb-host card for a 860?

Title: Firefly USB disk: Perfect storage device?
Post by: khafra on October 26, 2004, 05:31:43 am

There's only one extant that I know of, http://www.provantage.com/buy-7rato01l-usb...1u-shopping.htm (http://www.provantage.com/buy-7rato01l-usb-host-adapter-cf-card-ratoc-systems-cfu1u-shopping.htm)
There's a fabled twin USB port one with no dongle, but it's been coming soon for quite a while, from what I hear.