SmartDisk FlashPath Floppy Disk Adapter for SmartMedia

by SmartDisk

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005QXW7
• Item model number: SM-FP3-R
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 9, 2001

Product Description

SmartDisk FlashPath - Card adapter ( SM ) - floppy drive

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great idea, but problem is you need a driver installed, October 5, 2003

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Mr Big (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SmartDisk FlashPath Floppy Disk Adapter for SmartMedia (Personal Computers)

I thought this disk would be perfect for traveling and using in internet cafes accross Asia. Unfortunately, one requires an installation program on every PC you use it on, which is a bit of a pain, especially where most cafes won't allow this to be installed. (on computers where the driver can be loaded, uou can download the driver over the internet).
The disk is a great idea, but this "little" detail certainly isn't advertised clearly

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars i hate this thing, April 22, 2004

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Derrick Jensen (Crescent City, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SmartDisk FlashPath Floppy Disk Adapter for SmartMedia (Personal Computers)

I made trying to use this thing to get my pictures from my camera to the computer. I hate it. Not because it's inconvenient, which it is, but because it's incredibly unreliable. It rarely works, and when it does, it's only because I've babied it into working. it's an incredible hassle.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Outdated and Needless, February 6, 2003

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Pace Ripley (Somerville, MA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: SmartDisk FlashPath Floppy Disk Adapter for SmartMedia (Personal Computers)

This product seems like the real deal in making the use of memroy cards as easy as possible: slide memory card into adapter, slide adapter into diskette drive - you're good to go. Not so fast.
First, this tiny adapter is actually a device requiring a battery, the installation of a driver and let's not forget how slow your diskette drive really is. Not that good of a deal anymore.
With the price of regular USB memory card readers reaching low levels, this device is needless.
Also, if you were thinking of using the adapter on Linux, you will need a driver. The one supposed driver in existence was developed 3 years ago will only install and run on a RedHat 6 distribution. I doubt you use that version and I doubt anyone needs this adapter anymore.