Technabob » compact flash http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Addonics 6-Slot CF & CFast Drive Bays: Compact Platform for Compact Flash http://technabob.com/blog/2011/04/12/addonics-6-slot-cfast-drives/ http://technabob.com/blog/2011/04/12/addonics-6-slot-cfast-drives/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:13:44 +0000 Lambert Varias http://technabob.com/blog/?p=53413 If you frequently use CF or CFast cards or have a bunch of them lying around unused, you should check out these CF & CFast drives from Addonics. Using these drives you can access up to 6 cards simultaneously, either as individual disks, as a single boot drive or a combination of both. There are also versions of both drives that are connected to a Hardware Port Multiplier (HPM), so you can have a variety of RAID set ups.

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The drives will fit into the standard 5.25″ bays so you shouldn’t have a problem fitting them into your PC tower or rack. The picture above shows the CF and CFast drives with independent card slots, while the one below shows the drives with HPMs, which support RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, JBOD, Clone Mode (N-Way Mirror) or a five drive setup.

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You can order these drives directly from Addonics. The drives without HPMs sell for $135 (USD), while those that have HPMs sell for $199. Customization options are also available, including the option to order a drive with a combination of CF and CFast slots.

[via Electronista]

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Their $30 Toastit is a 27-in-1 memory card reader that bears a striking resemblance to a retro-modern toaster. While it won’t actually brown your Pop Tarts, the Toastit will read most memory cards, including Compact Flash I & I, MicroDrive, SD, MMC, Memory Stick and xD formats.

The plug-and-play flash memory reader is completely USB powered, and transfers via a high-speed USB 2.0 connection to both Macs and PCs. And no, I couldn’t find a ‘bagel’ setting anywhere on the thing.

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