[ale] OT: but on Linux; Flash card memory card reader/writer

[Jim Kinney]

I've seen the type A on a USB add-on card but not the mobo yet. At least not
facing the inside of the case area. A system I built last week did have 14
external USB sockets.

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> In defense of the mfg with the type A connector only, I am seeing a number
> of motherboards that have a type A connector on the motherboard (internal,
> not just in the I/O shield area) evidently for just such an application. But
> you are not likely to see that on a 5 yr old mobo. Just my $.02
> GC
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 4:17 PM, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On 01/20/2010 03:50 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> > So far every one I've tried has either "just worked" or was DOA
>> > hardware. Some have been stupid (like the card must be inserted _before_
>> > the USB cable is connected) but most are just fine with nothing to tweak
>> > on the Linux side.
>> >
>> > Internal vs. external depends on preference and availability of an
>> > internal USB header. I once ran a USB cable outside the box to an
>> > external port through a notch I cut in a slot cover :-) The internal
>> > unit came with no way to connect to a header, just a standard USB type
>> A.
>> >
>> Bummer, you'd thing that it would have a header type of connector being
>> an internal unit. Was that made by someone owned by Micro$haft?
>>
>> > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Scott Castaline <skotchman at gmail.com
>> > <mailto:skotchman at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Looking for a card reader/writer that will support most current card
>> >     types. I am running Fedora 12 x86_64. Are there any gotchas, that I
>> need
>> >     to watch for? Also, Internal vs. external, any benefits of one over
>> the
>> >     other, or is it just personal preference?
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