Floppy drive with other memory device slots

[Simon Dick]

On Sun, 04 Jul 2004 15:34:45 -0400, Tom Parquette <bcsfd204 at twcny.rr.com> wrote:
> I was wandering through Comp-USA this morning and I noticed a floppy
> drive on the shelf that had sockets for other memory devices.  e.g.
> secure digital cards.  I found it on their web site at:
> http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=311195&pfp=BROWSE
> 
> It appears to be made by a company called FMI.  I could not seem to find
> an operatble link to the vendor or guess correctly at a URL.  Google
> seems to bring me back to Comp-USA's web site.  I found some hardware
> requirements that make me think this plugs into the FDD cable and there
> may be a jumper that goes to a set of USB pins on the motherboard.
> 
> The FBSD 5.2.1 hardware notes page didn't seem to say anything about a
> device like this.  However, if my reading betwen the lines of the
> hardware requirements is accurate, it sounds like it could just drop
> right in and work with generic drivers.
> 
> I'm thinking about building a multiheaded X desktop in a small case to
> save desktop space.  This drive, since I would have to pick up a floppy
> drive anyway, appears to be a versitile option for a SFF machine.
> 
> Anybody have any information/experience with something like this?
> TIA...

In general you'll find that it plugs into the floppy connector for the
floppy part (obviously!) and then into a internal USB plug/port on
your motherboard for the card reader stuff. I've not actually tried
any myself yet, but from what I've read other places that's the basic
idea