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FlashPath™ (SmartMedia™ floppy disk adapter)

Flash Path (SmartMedia floppy disk adapter) FlashPath™ provides the most convenient way of transferring data from SmartMedia™ cards to either desktop or notebook computers.  FlashPath functions just like a floppy diskette and data can be transferred via the regular floppy disk drive.  No cables or connectors are required.

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At a glance...
  • Supports SmartMedia™ in all capacities (2MB, 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, and 64MB).  FlashPath will support 128MB SmartMedia cards when they are available.
  • 4X the data transfer rate comparing to serial cable transfer.
  • Supports Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Mac OS 7.51 or better (Mac driver supports read-only function).
System requirements

PC platform
  • IBM PC or 100% compatible system with a standard 3.5" 1.44MB floppy disk drive
    Note: FlashPath does not support high capacity floppy disk drives, such as LS120, or external floppy drives
  • i486 and better or Pentium CPU
  • Windows® 95/98/ME, Windows NT, or Windows 2000
  • 8MB of free memory space (RAM) minimum
  • 8MB of free hard disk space minimum
Mac platform
  • PowerMac with a standard 3.5" 1.44MB floppy disk drive
    Note: FlashPath does not support high capacity floppy disk drives, such as LS120, or external floppy drives
  • Power PC601 or later CPU
  • Mac OS 7.5.1. or higher
  • 5MB of free memory space (RAM) minimum
  • 32MB of free hard disk space minimum
  • Compatible Macintosh® systems

    PowerMac PowerMac G3 PowerBook PowerBook G3
    4400, 5500, 6100/60, 7100, 7200/90, 7215, 7300, 7500, 7600, 8100/80, 8515, 8600, 9500, 9600, Performa 5430 DT223, DT266, MT266, MT300 1400, 2400, 3400, 5300 250, 233, 250/13, 250/14
Limitations

  • Does not support high capacity floppy disk drives, such as the LS120, and external floppy drives.
  • Does not support Windows NT 3.51, ONLY Windows NT 4.0.
  • Tested on English, Japanese, Spanish, French and German language versions of Windows NT 4.0.
  • Does not support multiple CPU systems (except for Windows 2000).
  • Does not support RISC based systems (Alpha AXP or MIPS R4x00).
  • Does not support the following Mac systems:
    - PowerMac 8500/180 -B1-7.5.3 revision 2.2 system software
    - Macintosh Centris 650 (68040 / 16MHz) running Mac OS 7.6.1
    - Quadra 610 (68040 / 20MHz) running Mac OS 7.5.3


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