Compact Flash type I and type II

Jürgen Exner wrote:
> Paul Furman <paul-.RemoveThis@-edgehill.net> wrote:
>> Jürgen Exner wrote:
>>> floyd.RemoveThis@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) wrote:
>>>> Jürgen Exner <jurgenex.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Paul Furman <paul-.RemoveThis@-edgehill.net> wrote:
>>>>>> So type II doesn't mean microdrive any more?
>>>>> It never did.
>>>>> Microdive meant type 2 because you couldn't fit a microdrive into 3.3mm
>>>>> height.
>>>>> But of course as we all know from simple Boolean logic that does NOT imply
>>>>> type 2 => microdrive.
>>>> Yet the cited Wikipedia article says Type II cards are
>>>> rarely anything other than microdrives...
>>>>
>>>> "The vast majority of all Type II devices are
>>>> Microdrives and other miniature hard drives. Flash
>>>> based Type II devices are rare but a few examples do
>>>> exist."
>>> Which is correct because pretty much anything else can be produced in 3.3mm
>>> thickness.
>> So it's most likely a microdrive which is slower, easier to damage &
>> costs more in this case.
>
> Hardly. After all the OP explicitely said in the subject line (as you can
> still read there if you can read):
> "Compact FLASH type 1 and type II" [emphasis by me]
> Furthermore microdrives go for much more than 40$ US.

I wouldn't trust the sales people that far. CF type II reads as "Compact
Flash type II" so it'd be understandable if they were indeed
microdrives. I have a 2GB microdrive & it's fine if a bit slow, and it
doesn't say microdrive on it anywhere, just CF type II.

> It is probably flash memory, all right. But just as likely it's an old model
> where those 40$ were appropriate when the flash card was new a year ago.
> Prices have dropped since then. But because there aren't many type II cards
> at all, prices for them might have stayed high.
> Anyway, this is pure speculation.
>
> And the OP explicitely asked about the difference between type I and type
> II. And the answer to that is a very clear the only difference is a 1.7mm
> thicker form factor of the card. It doesn't tell you anything about speed or
> storage type.
>
> jue

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:33:28 -0800, Paul Furman <paul- DeleteThis @-edgehill.net>
wrote in <1X8vj.58260$Pv2.54157@newssvr23.news.prodigy.net>:

>I wouldn't trust the sales people that far. CF type II reads as "Compact
>Flash type II" so it'd be understandable if they were indeed
>microdrives. I have a 2GB microdrive & it's fine if a bit slow, and it
>doesn't say microdrive on it anywhere, just CF type II.

Pictures of microdrives...
IBM:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MicroDrive1GB.jpg>
Hitachi:
<http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/fu/fuji-1gb-microdrive.jpg>
<http://www.light-and-shadow.com/articles/memorycards/microdrive.jpg>
Seagate:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Saegaet_wiki.jpg>
Unbranded:
<http://www.milsources.com/microdrive.jpg>
All are clearly identified as "drives".
What does yours look like?

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