Compatibility with ATA Support
The next table provides a list of compatible and incompatible cards. Thanks for your help to keep it as accurate as possible.
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Compatible cards |
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These cards work normally with ATA Support |
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| Description | Capacity (nominal) | Number of sectors | Model | Firmware | Raw read transfer rate (KB/s) | Version | Name | Newton | Comment | Update |
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| Lexar 128Mb tested with CF-PC card adapter PCMCIA (bulk) | 128Mb | 251904 | Lexar ATA Flash | 1.00 | 663 | 1.0RC6.1 | Andrea Cavaleri | MP2100 US | Every seems to work well. Demo version used. | upd |
| 8Mb CF received in bundle with Nikon camera. Used with CF-PC card adapter PCMCIA (bulk) | 8Mb | 15744 | Hitachi XXM2.2.0 | Rev 2.00 | 726 | 1.0RC6.1 | Andrea Cavaleri | MP2100 US | It works well with your demo version. | upd |
| 512Mb SanDisk CF received in bundle with Canon reflex camera. Tested with CF-PC card adapter PCMCIA (bulk) | 512Mb | 1000944 | SanDisk SDCF J-512 | HDX 3.13 | 818 | 1.0RC6.1 | Andrea Cavaleri | MP2100 US | Demo version results. Hope to be able to use the whole capacity after registering | upd |
| CompUSA 5 in 1 adapter with 8MB Sony Memory Stick; also 16MB Sandisk Transflash card in an SD adapter | 1.0RC6.1 | Greg | eMate 300 | used on eMate, Newton 2000, Newton 2100 | upd | |||||
| Integral Peripherals Viper 260, PCMCIA III hard disk. | 260 | 509184 | 8260PA | PCMCIA 2.01 controller | 283.726 Kbps | 1.0RC6.1 | dkalley | eMate 300 | Works fine with the demo software. Normal rated xfer rate 5.700 MB/s. Seek time 12.0 ms. 4500 RPM. 32k cache/buffer | upd |
| Kingston Elite Pro 512MB-S, adapter "No name" | 512 | ? | 1.0RC6.1 | Grzegorz Janiszewski | MP2000 | I've used this card with your demo version. It was recognized and full cappacity was displayed as a DOS partition | upd | |||
| PNY 1GB CF with Sandisk PC Card Adapter | 1GB | 2000880 | TOSHIBA THNCF1GO2PG | 1.00 | 726322 KB/s | 1.0RC6.1 | Jason Lindsay | MP2100 US | Tested with Trial version, working well. | upd |
| Hama 46928 PCMCIA Smart Media Card Adapter. Toshiba PDR8mb smart media card, came with PDR M71 digital camera. Numbers on card: K9S6408VOA-SSB0 136Y 5GL300PZS | 8MB | 16000 | N/A | V1.10.00 | 306.899kb/s | 1.0RC6.1 | Steven Moore | MP120 D | Card worked straight away when inserted. Read and write to card working fine. | upd |
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| SanDisk 512mb CompactFlash card, with Ambicom bluetooth compactflash pc card reader. | 512mb | 1000944 | SanDisk SDCFB-512 | HDX 2.23 | 793 | 1.0RC6.1 | Nicholas Floersch | MP2100 US | Only recently tested. Done with unregistered version. Partitioned to 1x4mb store. Copied a file to the store. Unmounted it. Re-inserted the card. No problem accessing the file (application actually). Hopefully when I register there will be no problem using the entire capacity of the card. | upd |
| Canon 16mb FC-16M Compact Flash Card, With PC Card Adapter for IBM microdrives. | 16mb | 31360 | SanDisk SDCFB-16 | VDD 1.00 | 447 | 1.0RC6.1 | Nicholas Floersch | MP2100 US | Test was with unregistered version (soon, soon). I've been using this card as a 4mb store for a couple of months. It works fine. | upd |
| 128mb fujifilm CFCARD with lexar pc card adapter #2076-c | 128 | 259584 | cfcard:) | rev2.4 | 876.885kb/s | 1.0RC6.1 | John Royston | MP2100 US | Works Great formatted with trial with 4mb or 2 2mb Parts | upd |
| Epson Hard Disk Card 260 MB (Type 3 PCMCIA) - blue and gold label, 5V | 249 MB | 509184 | Epson America EHDD260 | WNH33402 | 280.081 | 1.0RC6.1 | Keith Isley | eMate 300 | Seems to work flawlessly (tested with demo version of driver); I formatted a 4 MB store, and filed a package over to the new store. No errors. Card mount and unmounts fine. Sequential read test went without a hitch. Note: since this is a Type 3 PCMCIA card, it will only fit in the eMate. | upd |
| SanDisk 32MB CF (SDCFS-32-C10) & SanDisk CompactFlash PC Card Adapter | 31 | 62720 | SanDisk SDCFB-32 | HDX 2.15 | 745 | 1.0RC6.1 | Martin Jean | MP2100 US | Demo version of the driver | upd |
| Kodak PCMCIA Type II CF Adapter & Kodak Picture Card | 8/16/32/64/128 MB | KODAK ATA FLASH | 4X01 | 800 | 1.0RC6.1 | Hemant Kamat | MP2100 US | 16/32/64/128MB cards work fine, but the 16/32MB cards seemed a bit slow while playing back MP3s. Don't go in for the 8MB card; screwed up all my packages (stores remained intact) after the batteries drained out. | upd | |
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| Simple Technology 8MB CF Card, with Generic Adapter | 8MB | 15872 | N/A | C.64 | 708/731/681 Seq/But/Ran | 1.0RC6.1 | Michael Schaefer | MP2000 | Seems to work Well. | upd |
| Lexar (unbranded on case) 321MB PCMCIA ATA Flash Card | 321MB | 629760 | Lexar | 1.00 | 638 | 1.0RC6.1 | Chris Wright | MP2100 US | upd | |
| Kingston DP-PCM2/5GB (It's a PC Card Drive) | 4794 MByte | 9818550 | Kingston DP-PCM2/5GB | V 2.11 B | 971/946/18KB/s | 1.0RC6.1 | Urs Wegmann | MP2100 US | Don't use this drive! It needs a lot of power and drains your batterie very fast!
The random read value is bad (random movement of the magnetic heads is quite slow) |
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| Delkin Devices 256MB CF card, labeled DDCFFLS2-256. Microtech CF+II PC Card Adapter. | 256MB | 500736 | DELKIN DEVICES INC. CFL | 1.1 | 778KB/s | 1.0RC6.1 | John Wong | MP2100 US | Works great! | upd |
| 349Mb | ? | SDP3B-350-584 | ? | ? | 1.0RC6.1 | Sonny Hung | MP2100 US | SanDisk P/N:
SDP3B-350-584 AE042KG 10/16/00 259146D (probably Serial Number) (c) 1999 It's a 350Mb Flash PCMCIA PC Card ATA Sonny Hung MP2100 US Works fine - will register soon. This is going for $49 +$5 shipping if you mention you found thru www.pricewatch.com |
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| SanDisk 64MB CF ©99 & SanDisk CompactFlash PC Card Adapter | 64MB | 125440 sectors (61MB) | SanDisk SDCFB-64 | VDG 1.21 | 334.4 | 1.0RC6.1 | fu | MP2100 US | seems ok so far... | upd |
| "PowerTec Digital 333MB" label, but Tuple reads as SanDisk SDP3B-350. It's an ATA PCMCIA Flash card. | 333MB | 684936 | SanDisk SDP3B-350 | vdd 1.00 | 235KB/s | 1.0RC6.1 | Drew Kershaw | MP130 US | Card works with the demo. I'll probably be registering the software to use it on my eMate 300 (in the mail, currently). | upd |
| Adapter: Hama digital solutions 5 in 1 Card: 16 MB panasonic SD card | 16 MB | 29120 | Memory Card Adapter | 20030623 | 402 | 1.0RC6.1 | Berthe Willumsen | MP2100 US | upd | |
| Adapter : Hama digital solutions PCMCIA CompactFlash Typ II Card: Kodak Picture Card | 32 MB | ? | KODAK ATA_FLASH | 4X01 | 800 | 1.0RC6.1 | Berthe Willumsen | MP2100 US | upd | |
| Adapter : Hama digital solutions PCMCIA CompactFlash Typ II Card: Kodak Picture Card CF(tm) COMPACTFLASH, copyright EastmanKodak 1999 | 16 MB | 64256 | KODAK ATA_FLASH | V.4X01 | 850 | 1.0RC6.1 | Berthe Willumsen | MP2100 US | upd | |
| SanDisk Red PC Card Adapter fitted with Canon CF Card model FC-8M | 8 MB | 15680 | SunDisk SDCFB-8 | vcb 1.13 | 371/368/314 | 1.0RC6.1 | Finn Thain | eMate 300 | upd | |
| SanDisk Red PC Card Adapter fitted with Canon CF Card model FC-8M (ex-powershot pro70) | 8 MB | 15680 | SunDisk SDCFB-8 | vcb 1.13 | 240/243/160 sequential/butterfly/random | 1.0RC6.1 | Finn Thain | MP120 US | upd | |
| SanDisk pcmcia pc card ata 5 Mb Flashdisk | 5 Mb | 10240 | SunDisk SDP5-5 | Rev 3.70 | 217 | 1.0RC6.1 | Andrea Franco | MP130 US | Very happy with 1.0RC6.1 sw version. thanks | upd |
| SanDisk pcmcia pc card ata 6 Mb Flashdisk | 6 Mb | 11776 | SunDisk SDP5B-6 | Rev 2.00 | 213.62 | 1.0RC6.1 | Andrea Franco | MP130 US | Very good version 1.0RC6.1 works well with MessagePad 130 | upd |
| Adapter: SanDisk 4-in-1 PC Cars Adapter Model No.SDDR-65 Part No. 20-90-00065 (still to find in stores, i got mine 27-12-2003) Card: Sony Memory Stick MSA-16A | 16MB | 31680 | Memory Card Adapter | 20020812 | 381 | 1.0RC6.1 | Henry Lerche Madsen | eMate 300 | upd | |
| Adapter: SanDisk 4-in-1 PC Cars Adapter Model No.SDDR-65 Part No. 20-90-00065 (still to find in stores, i got mine 27-12-2003) Card: Olympus M-4P D3V10 | 4MB | 8000 | Memory Card Adapter | 20020812 | 496 | 1.0RC6.1 | Henry Lerche Madsen | eMate 300 | upd | |
| Kingston 256Mb CF (model CF/256). Kingston branded Toshiba CF card w/ PQI CF-PCMCIA adapter | 256Mb | 500736 | Toshiba THNCF256MBA | 2.00 | 825/824/593 (avg. seq/btrfly/rand) | 1.0RC5 | Anthony Velasco | MP2100 US | Tested w/ 4 partitions. Purchased this card as an upgrade to the Nikon Coopix 5000 mentioned below. Performs adequately in the Newton, and writes with some delay in the camera. | upd |
| Nikon Coolpix Starter Memory Card (Nikon branded Lexar CF Card - came with Nikon Coolpix 5000), 16 Mb (8x speed) | 16Mb | 31808 | 2221-016 rev. A | V.1.00N | 838/839/845 (avg. seq/btrfly/rand) | 1.0RC5 | Anthony Velasco | MP2100 US | Tested w/ 1 partition. Quick card, but maybe too small for some folks... still a better use in the Newton than in the camera, where it is much too small to hold a decent number of high resolution photos! | upd |
| Transcend 128Mb (30x speed) CF w/PQI adapter | 128Mb | 251904 | TS128MFLASHCP | 2N3-0925 | 764/768/672 (avg. seq/btrfly/rand) | 1.0RC5 | Anthony Velasco | MP2100 US | 4 partitions, very fast and apparently stable. Still curious as to whether the faster cards (e.g. - 40x or greater) could work as well. Purchased CF card from newegg.com for under $39US... reasonable shipping too! Purchased CF-PCMCIA adapter from Fry's Electronics for under $15. Originally had a SanDisk 128CF, but it was WAY too slow. Using card for backups and some software storage - trying to offload a full MP2000U and 16MB memory card. | upd |
| Viking 256MB CF w/ Kodak Picture Card Adapter | 256MB | 507904 | SAMSUNG CF/ATA | S1.18.4 | 560 | 1.0RC5 | Dave Blank | MP2100 US | Demo version seems to run fine so far, hopefully Santa will bring me the full version :) | upd |
| SanDisk CompactFlash PC Card Adapter With SanDisk CompactFlash Card | 512MB | 1000944 | SDCFB-512 | Vdg 8.21 | 475.014 | 1.0RC5 | Christian Thompson | MP2000 | I have also used 64MB, and 128MB SanDisk CF cards w/ the same adapter. | upd |
| Lexar Media 4x - 16 MB. Came w/ the Hot Shot USB card reader. In a Memorex PC Card adapter. For Type I CompactFlash. Running on a MP120 w/ NOS 2.0 | 16MB | ? | Lexar USB Hot Shot | ? | ? | 1.0RC5 | Richard Meyer | MP120 US | The previous beta versions could see the card & recognize it as a Lexar 16 MB Compact Flash card.
Just downloaded & installed the latest Demo version 1.0RC5. It installs, but when I go to partition the media, it comes back w/ an error # 1, & to submit the error. |
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| Danelec 64Mb | 64Mb | 128512 | LEXAR ATA FLASH | v1.00 | 940/941 (read seq/read butterfly) | 1.0RC5 | Andy Collins | MP2100 US | Gave -10606 but partitioned/formatted OK. Not fast enough for MadMax (jitters) :-( | upd |
| HiSpeed (PQI) 128Mb Compact Flash | 128Mb | 251904 | "Flash Card" (Sic) | 2N3-0925 | 784/782 (read-seq/read-butterfly) | 1.0RC5 | Andy Collins | MP2100 US | upd | |
| SanDisk 40MB, 1995, labels say "FLASHDISK Mass Storage System" and "PCMCIA PC Card ATA". It is a full size PC card | 40 MB | 81920 | SunDisk SDP3B-40 | 2.21 | 1.0RC4 | John Skinner | MP2100 US | Using the Demo 1.0RC4. A tad bit faster than Demo 1.0RC3! This time I am using only one 4MB partition. | upd | |
| SanDisk CompactFlash PC Card Adapter With Kingmax CompactFlash Flash Card | 256M | 521728 | KCF236M-SF6 | REV2.4 | 1.0RC4 | Julian Tyler | MP2100 US | upd | ||
| Canon FC-16M 16MB CF card from digital camera in a red SanDisk CF->PCMCIA adapter | 16MB | 31232 | LEXAR ATA FLASH | V1.02 | 726 | 1.0RC6.1 | Victor Rehorst | MP2100 US | Appears to be a re-branded Lexar card. Card info says 3.3V.
Mode: I/O Contiguous, 16 bit, DMA=No, Queue=No, LBA=yes. Sequential/Butterfly Read Avg: 727KB/sec Random Read avg: 648KB/sec |
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| 32MB PCMCIA ATA SanDisk SDP3B-32 | 32MB | 62720 | SDP3B-32 | vdd 1.00 | 1.0RC4 | Anthony.Ottowell | MP2000 | This is a card I got at a camera store.
It Has 32 MB Flashdisk Pcmcia Pc Card ATA on the top and Sandisk P/N SDP38-32-584 AA044HM Made 10/31/00 SN:284086D |
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| IBM Microdrive 340MB with PCMCIA IBM PC-Card-Adapter for IBM microdrives | 340 MB | 700560 | IBM-DMDM-10340 | MD2IC501 | 1.0RC3 | Jens Gleisberg | MP2100 D | Works!!! But.... | upd | |
| IBM Microdrive 1GB with PCMCIA IBM PC-Card-Adapter for IBM microdrives | 1 GB | 2104704 | IBM-DSCM-11000 | SC2IC915 | 1.0RC6.1 | Jens Gleisberg | MP2100 D | Works!!!
BUT WHAT? |
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| ARITA(LIDL)128MB CF card with PCMCIA IBM PC-Card-Adapter for IBM microdrives | 128 MB | 250368 | ARITA 128MC2CVF2A00Z5103 | 1.1 | 1.0RC3 | Jens Gleisberg | MP2100 D | Works!!! | upd | |
| SanDisk 40MB, 1995, labels say "FLASHDISK Mass Storage System" and "PCMCIA PC Card ATA". It is a full size PC card. | 40 MB | 81920 | SunDisk SDP3B-40 | Rev 2.21 | 1.0RC3 | John Skinner | MP2100 US | Using the Demo of 1.0RC3.
Seems slower with this version of ATA Support than the last. I Wonder if it is because I have two partitions this time? |
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| SanDisk 16MB CF card with SanDisk red CF->PCMCIA adaptor | 16 MB | 31360 | SunDisk SDCFB-16 | vcb 1.45 | 1.0RC3 | Peter Prinzen | MP2100 D | upd | ||
| SanDisk 32MB CF card with SanDisk red CF->PCMCIA adaptor | 32MB | 62720 | SanDisk SDCFB-32 | Vdg 1.21 | 1.0RC3 | Victor Rehorst | MP2100 US | Card had Silicon Casino and Nick's Testit installed. | upd | |
| Kodak-branded 4MB CF picture card (made by SanDisk) in red SanDisik CF->PCMCIA adaptor | 4MB | 7872 | SunDisk SDCFB-4 | vcb 1.13 | 1.0RC3 | Victor Rehorst | MP2100 US | To compare, here are other speeds:
Internal: 8.9 s (11.2K/s) 10MB Linear card: 11.1s (9K/s) CF card had two packages on it: Silicon Casino and Nick's Testit. |
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| SanDisk 32MB CF in Antec PCMCIA CompactFlash Adapter | 32MB | 62720 | SanDisk SDCFB-32 | Vdg 1.23 | 1.0RC3 | Ashley Campbell | MP2100 US | Same card took 67 sec (1.4k/sec) on a stock eMate 300. | upd | |
| Canon FC-8M | 8MB | 15744 | Hitachi XXM2.2.0 | 2.00 | 1.0RC3 | Carsten Lemmen | MP2100 D | upd | ||
| Card: TOSHIBA THNCF 128MBA Adapter: SCM ADP-CF Typ I PCMCIA Compact Flash Adapter | 128MB | 250368 | TOSHIBA THNCF 128MBA | 2.00 | 1.0RC3 | Eckard Brauer | MP2100 D | upd | ||
| Simple Tech pcmcia flash ata Type 1 | 32 | 62592 | STI Flash 5.1.0 | 5.1.0 | 1.0RC2 | Bruce | MP2100 US | One of gem enterprises ebay sales | upd | |
| 32 MB SanDisk CompactFlash Card in a PCMCIA Adapter I bought off eBay (I cannot discern brand, but the seller's email is Wu Ching-yi: cnwmc@yahoo.com.au). | 32MB | 62720 | SanDisk SDCFB-32 | vdd 1.00 | 1.0RC2 | Paul Davies | MP2100 US | Demo only so far. I need to save to get the full version - our dollar is about half yours. | upd | |
| SanDisk 128 mb Flashdisk PCMCIA PC Card ATA | 128 mb | 250880 | SanDisk SDP3B-128 | Vdg 1.21 | 1.0RC2 | Glenn Ross | MP2100 US | Card will not partition initially as one store, generating a 1001029 error. However, it partitions properly as four stores, after which it seems to be able to be re-partitioned as one. | upd | |
| Kodak Picture Card 32MB CF, w/Kodak Picture Card Adapter. Both have standard Kodak logo yellow/red text labels. Came with my Kodak DC290 which I got for Xmas 1999. | 32MB | 62720 | SunDisk SDCFB-32 | vcb 1.34 | 1.0RC2 | Troy V. Barkmeier | MP2100 US | Used the demo version. Will test the real thing once I scrape together the cash. :) | upd | |
| Medion 32MB in Hama PCMCIA CompactFlash Adapter 46919 | 32MB | 63488 | Ritek Co. | 1.1 | 1.0RC3 | Christian Schroeder | MP2100 D | Got once an -10606 error after partitioning, but it worked afterwards. | upd | |
| Medion 16MB in Hama PCMCIA CompactFlash Adapter 46919 | 16MB | 31744 | Ritek Co. | 1.1 | 1.0RC3 | Christian Schroeder | MP2100 D | Get got once an -1001022 error, but after giving it a second try it worked. | upd | |
| SanDisk 32MB CompactFlash in Hama PCMCIA CompactFlash Adapter 46919 | 32MB | 62720 | SanDisk SDCFB-32 | vde 1.10 | 1.0RC3 | Christian Schroeder | MP2100 D | Works! | upd | |
| Viking PCMCIA | 24MB | 47232 | ATA_FLASH | V1.02 | 732/739/735 (sequential/butterfly/random) | 1.0RC6.1 | Heiko T. Jansen | MP2100 US | Had used RC2-4 previously in demo mode. Then, purchased RC5 and the card stability and access speeds both appear to be greatly improved! Am using the 24MB card in single partition mode. The new interface is a bit easier to adjust to also.
Thanks for keeping the Newton functionality up to date Paul. |
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| I-O DATA CF Card Model PCCF-H48MS with I-O DATA CF Adapter Model PCCF-ADP | 48 MB | 94464 | Hitachi CV 7.2.2 | 2.02 | 1.0RC2 | David Clémençot | MP2100 US | I suffered from the "it worked with b10 but now I get error -10606" syndrome, but after I brainwiped the Newton, formatted the card, and restored the content of the Newt's memory everything is working fine. | upd | |
| SanDisk 85mb FlashDisk pcmcia pc card ata | 81 mb | 166400 | SunDisk SDP3B-85 | vcb 1.34 | 1.0RC2 | Alex Solans | MP2000 | upd | ||
| SanDisk FLASHDISK PCMCIA PC Card ATA (Card is full size) SanDisk SDP3B-32 ATA Flash Memory 32MB | 32MB | 62720 | SanDisk SDP3B-32 | vdd 1.00 | 1.0RC2 | Kihyun Moon | eMate 300 | http://www.zerohana.com
rc2 demo version ...Good... |
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| Casio CF-8 (SunDisk SDCFB-8) with Adapter Mobile Storage Series | 8 MB | 15680 | SunDisk SDCFB-8 | vcb 1.45 | 1.0RC3 | Stefan Schwenke | MP2100 D | upd | ||
| SanDisk FLASHDISK PCMCIA PC Card ATA (Card is full size) | 32 mb | 62720 | SanDisk SDP3B-32 | vdd 1.00 | 1.0RC2 | G.E. Ross | MP2100 US | upd | ||
| 32MB noname cf card and noname adaptor (from Conrad Electronics) | 31MB | 62976 | n/a | verB.65 | 611.247 | 1.0RC6.1 | Henning Theune | MP2100 D | Test: Read Sequential on empty card. | upd |
| Pentax 8MB cf card and noname adapter (from Conrad Electronics) | 8MB | 15680 | SanDisk SDP3B-8 | vde 1.10 | 499.102 | 1.0RC6.1 | Henning Theune | MP2100 D | Test: Read Sequential on empty card. | upd |
| Pretec CF Card with Pretec ATA Adapter | 32Mb | 64000 | CFA | 4.0 | 687/764/693 | 1.0RC6.1 | Michael Schaefer | MP2000 | Working Well. Speed and Stability are Good. | upd |
| Card labeled as "Medion" (House brand of "Aldi" food discounter). Datafab Adapter | 64MB | 125184 | Ritek Corporation | 1.1 | 1.0RC3 | Carsten Lemmen | MP2100 D | Does work with RC3, not compatible with Beta11..RC2 | upd | |
| Kodak Picture Card | 48MB | 1.0RC1 | Glen | MP2100 US | upd | |||||
| "Nikon" branded 8 MB Compact Flash (EC-8CF) in "Transcend" Adapter | 8 MB | 15680 | SanDisk SDCFB-8 | vde 1.10 | 1.0RC1 | Jory Felice | MP2100 US | This is using the unregistered demo version. | upd | |
| ATA Type II PCMCIA flash card, no adapter. No brand name, purchased from www.datamem.com (DM55 026) | 16MB | 31360 | MX_SSDC Rev.B -12T Ext | MX 1.0EF | 1.0RC1 | Glen Warner | eMate 300 (4MB) | The card appears to be working well; has been in my eMate for about two weeks now. Lost data due to my not knowing what I was doing with the card (hey, I'm new to PDAs). Reformatted to one 4MB partition, restored card data from backup (always a good policy), and have been stable since. | upd | |
| SanDisk CompactFlash PC Card Adapter (red) with Canon 16MB CompactFlash memory card manufactured by SanDisk. | 16 MB | 1.0RC4 | Harri Hohteri | MP2100 US | The card is recognized okay. Haven't done excessive testing yet. | upd | ||||
| Pretec Compact Flash with SanDisk red adapter. The CF card is blue with the P/N: ACT016. | 16 MB | 32000 | 16MB CTT | 4.0 | 1.0RC2 | Paul Guyot | MP2100 US | I've heard about Pretec cards that do not work. | upd | |
| Kingston 32MB Compact Flash w/ bundled PCMCIA adapter. | 32MB | 63488 | TOSHIBA THNCF032MBA | 2.00 | 1.0RC1 | Michael Graham | MP2100 US | transfer time is for a 4MB store using the ATA demo. 30 seconds for a single store (32MB) with the registered version; 14 seconds with two stores (tested Store 1) and the registered version. | upd | |
| Sony 32MB Memory Stick (MSA-32A)in Sony Memory Stick/PC Card Adaptor (MSAC-PC2) | 32MB | 63424 | MEMORYSTICK 32M 16K | SONY1.00 | 1.0RC1 | Ashley Campebll | MP2100 US | upd | ||
| SanDisk 40MB, 1995, labels say "FLASHDISK Mass Storage System" and "PCMCIA PC Card ATA". It is a full size PC card. | 40 MB | 81920 | SunDisk SDP3B-40 | Rev 2.21 | 1.0RC1 | John Skinner | MP2100 US | Using the Demo of 1.0RC1.
35.9 seconds (2.7 k/sec) for this card, as compared to 12 seconds (8.3 k/sec) for Linear Pretec 32 MB flash card. All works though. Label says SanDisk, firmware says SunDisk? |
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| Full size ATA card. One can read: "Image memory card - EC-15". Flash ATA High Speed. | 15 MB | 28560 | MTC-30116 | Ver2.50u | 1.0RC2 | Paul Guyot | MP2100 US | Card used in my NPDS server since RC1 was released. | upd | |
| Unbranded CompactFlash card with SanDisk red adapter. | 16 MB | 31488 | Hitachi CV 6.1.2 | Rev 1.02 | 1.0RC5 | Paul Guyot | MP2100 US | Card used for development. Was bought from timasci (http://www.timasci.com). Adapter was bought in a local shop. | upd | |
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ATA Support does not display any error when using these cards but they are abnormally slow (more than 30 seconds with Nick's TestIt) and this is probably caused by a compatibility issue. |
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| Description | Capacity (nominal) | Number of sectors | Model | Firmware | Raw read transfer rate (KB/s) | Version | Name | Newton | Comment | Update |
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| Kingston 128MB with generic type I/II CF-PCMCIA adapter. | 128MB | 250368 | Hitachi XX.V.3.3.0.0 | Rev 0.00 | 707.214 | 1.0RC6.1 | Rhonda Hyslop | MP2100 US | Nick's TestIt returned 30.6 seconds, 32.3, and 32.2 on three consecutive tests. | upd |
| Toshiba pcmcia HDD 2Gb card serial 21N40772G | 2000Mb | 3931200 | Toshiba MK2001MPL | W1.31N | 1004 | 1.0RC6.1 | Marcel van der Boom | MP2100 US | Read tests:
Sequential: 1004 KB/s Butterfly : 925 KB/s Random : 57 KB/s |
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| Nikon-branded Lexar 16 MB CF card, 8x speed. P/N 2221-016. SanDisk PCMCIA adapter used. | 16 MB | 31808 | LEXAR ATA FLASH | V1.00N | 839.772/844.595/850.629 (sequential/butterfly/random) | 1.0RC6.1 | Sean McGroty | MP2100 US | Nick's TestIt, 93.5 seconds (1 K/sec)
923.191/87.7193/47.0762 (sequential/butterfly/random) with built-in write test |
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| Lexar 256 MB "High Speed" CompactFlash card w/ Write Acceleration Technology logo, 16x rating (p/n 2176, rev. a) used with SanDisk PCMCIA adapter. | 256 MB | 503808 | LEXAR ATA FLASH | V1.01 | 676.407/672.766/607.829 (sequential/butterfly/random) | 1.0RC6.1 | Sean McGroty | MP2100 US | Reading is faster than writing, 954.563/50.3271/25.73 (sequential/butterfly/random) with built-in write tests, 159.7 seconds (0.6 K/sec) with Nick's TestIt. | upd |
| Lexar Professional 1 GB CompactFlash card, p/n 2176, rev. a (16x speed) with SanDisk PCMCIA adapter. | 1 GB | 2014992 | LEXAR ATA FLASH | V1.00 | 670.601/670.781/606.355 (sequential/butterfly/random) | 1.0RC6.1 | Sean McGroty | MP2100 US | Writing is far slower than reading
850.629/39.6882/20.2972 (sequential/butterfly/random) with built-in tests, Nick's TestIt took 200.4 seconds (0.4 K/sec) |
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| Card: SanDisk 128MB ComapctFlash Adapter: Compact Flash Type1 Adapter | 128 MB | 250880 | SanDisk SDCFB-128 | Vdg 8.21 | min 11/max554/Ave497 | 1.0RC6.1 | Heiko Cultus | MP2100 D | Nick TestIt: 109,4s | upd |
| "hp invent" branded 4 MB CF card, with Pretes PCMCIA adaptor | 4 MB | 7872 | Micron MTCF004A | ROM70702 | 1.0RC3 | Bernd Muellejans | MP2100 US | works fine apart from low speed | upd | |
| 256 MB PIXO-branded Card (Manufactured by Samsung)w SanDisk red CF->PCMCIA adaptor | 256 MB | 503808 | SAMSUNG CF/ATA | Rev. 1.15 | 1.0RC3 | Peter Prinzen | MP2100 D | NTI with demo and 4 MB Partition sometimes about 60 sec, now with Full Version and 4 64 MB Stores takes about 32 to 38 sec | upd | |
| Samsung SM 64M Datatek SM Adapter | 64M | 0 | 6MCI22CA | 1.0RC2 | Sunghoon Jeong | MP2100 US | But It is very good to store a lot of pictures and datas. | upd | ||
| No name PCMCIA Ata Flash Card (label says FMC-23016M ATA) | 16 MB | 31744 | n/a | VER4.53 | 1.0RC3 | Stefan Schwenke | MP2100 D | upd | ||
| SanDisk 128 MB | 128 | 2100 | latest | 1.0RC1 | G. Hart | MP2100 US | upd | |||
| Delkin 32MB CF card, labeled DDCFFLS2-32, Simple Technology CF adapter | 32 MB | 62976 | Hitachi CV 7.2.2 | Rev 2.02 | 1.0RC1 | Ken Hagler | MP2100 US | Although the test time is over 30 seconds, I'm not sure this is really "abnormally slow." My internal store takes considerably longer. | upd | |
| Smart Media 32. Brand: Memup (http://www.memup.com). Adapter: brand: dane-elec. Remark: SmartMedia adapters are active components. | 32 MB | 64000 | n/a | V1.10.00 | 1.0RC2 | Paul Guyot | MP2100 US | The adapter is recognized as a CompactFlash or compatible (because it uses the compact flash ATA commands) | upd | |
| Nikon 8MB CF card, marked "EC-8CF," manufactured by SanDisk. Simple Technology CF adapter. | 8 MB | 15680 | SunDisk SDCFB-8 | vcb 1.34 | 1.0RC1 | Ken Hagler | MP2100 US | Im not sure this should really count as "abnormally slow," even though its over 30 seconds, because it takes about twice as long on my internal store. | upd | |
| Lexar CF 8x 16MB, p/n 2177, Rev A Adapter: radioShack CF adapter Cat no.: 25-936 | 16MB | 31808 | Lexar ATA Flash | v1.01 | 1.0RC1 | Donald Wilson | MP2100 US | upd | ||
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Recognized but incompatible cards |
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When these cards are inserted, the ATA Support dialog pops up, which means that the identify command succeeded. However, the compatibility test or the partitionning fail (probably because the write command fails). |
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| Description | Capacity (nominal) | Number of sectors | Model | Firmware | Version | Name | Newton | Comment | Update |
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| SanDisk Flashdisk 128MB PCMCIA PC Card ATA | 128MB | 250880 | SanDisk SDP3B-128 | Vdg 1.23 | 1.0RC4 | Ryan Abel | MP2100 US | Tried partitioning with all store options, and zero every sector/check card's compatibility combinations. Fails with: "An ATA Support internal error (#-1001029) occurred. Could you please report it?" | upd |
| Toshiba ATA Flash card, Full PC Card Type II size, model # from back: TH6SS160402AAA. 5V, 16 bit. | 40MB | 79872 | TH6SSFA | S2TS226 | 1.0RC2 | Victor Rehorst | MP2100 US | Card recognized by ATA, throws an error when attempting to partition it. Recognized in I/O Contiguous mode. | upd |
| SanDisk 32MB Flashdisk (full size) P/N SDP3B-32-584 | 32 MB | 1.0RC2 | Tom McDougal | MP2100 US | Works on one MP2100 but not my other one. Errors: "...cannot be read... -48022 Erase first?" then "There is a problem with this card -10606" A hard reset ("brainwipe") did not fix the problem. | upd | |||
| Canon FC-8M. Datafab Adapter | 8MB | 15744 | Hitachi XXM2.2.0 | 2.00 | 1.0RC2 | Carsten Lemmen | MP2100 D | upd | |
| silicontech 448MB ATA FLASH MEMORY CARD | 448 MB | 876015 | Hitachi CVM 1.1.1 | Rev1.01 | 1.0RC3 | Kihyun Moon | eMate 300 | http://www.zerohana.com/emate300atarc2.htm
silicontech 448 MB ATA card -->ATA RC2 Test : error 1001029, error 10606, error 10574 |
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| silicontech 448MB ATA FLASH MEMORY CARD | 448 MB | 876015 | Hitachi CVM 1.1.1 | Rev1.01 | 1.0RC3 | Kihyun Moon | MP2100 US | http://www.zerohana.com/newtonatarc2.htm
silicontech 448 MB ATA card -->ATA RC2 Test : error 1001029, error 10606, error 10574 |
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| Apacer CF 128 MB | 128 MB | 253440 | APACER_CF_128MB | verB.65 | 1.0RC2 | Stefan Schwenke | MP2100 D | Card works fine with ATASupport 1.0b10. With ATA Support 1.0 RC2 I get error -10606 after partitioning. | upd |
| Micron 4 MB CF, Pretec and "no name"-PCMCIA-Adapter | 4 MB | 7872 | MTACF004A | 70702 | 1.0RC2 | Bernd Muellejans | MP2100 US | different error codes when trying to partition the card (-10606, 215596032, 216238080, 215629824, 216339456, 215663616) | upd |
| Pretec 16 MB CF, SN ACT 016, with Pretec PCMCIA-Adaptor | 16 MB | 32000 | CFA CONETCAT00102800 | 3.0 | 1.0RC2 | Bernd Muellejans | MP2100 US | error codes -1001003 and -10606, not possible to partition or mount | upd |
| Just an Adapter: Centon Electronics Inc adapter Part Number KCF-AT (I think) v 1.0 | n/a | 1.0RC1 | Donald Wilson | MP2100 US | Any card put in it is unable to be partitioned. The same cards do work via a RadioShack adapter. | upd | |||
| Nikon EC-8CF. Datafab Adapter | 8MB | 15680 | SunDisk SDCFB | vcb 1.34 | 1.0RC2 | Carsten Lemmen | MP2100 D | upd | |
| Adapter: San Disk CF to PCMCIA (red label) Card: Older 4MB SanDisk CF card SDCFB (c) 97 Made in USA PAT 5070032...5279148 on back | 4MB | 7872 | Sundisk SDCFB-4 | rev 3.10 | 1.0RC1 | Brian Ogilvie | MP2100 US | Again, most not recognized with -10580s. When it is recognized, I get -1001116 while partioning or then -1001021 while zeroing. Never successfully put data on this card either. | upd |
| Adapter: SanDisk CF to PCMCIA (red label) Card: 16MB SanDisk card with SDCFB (c) 99 PAT 5070032,5172338,5418752,5602987 on back. | 16MB | SDCFB | 1.0RC1 | Brian Ogilvie | MP2100 US | Card only recognized sometimes and never successfully used. I get -10580 on insertion mostly, but if I get the card recognized at random then I can get -1001116 while partitioning and -1001021 while zeroing. | upd | ||
| SanDisk CompactFlash PC Card Adapter (red) with Pretec 128MB CompactFlash memory card. | 128 MB | 250368 | CF 128MB | Rev 1.01 | 1.0RC1 | Harri Hohteri | MP2100 US | Gives -10606. | upd |
| SanDisk CompactFlash PC Card Adapter (red) with Dane-elec 64MB CompactFlash memory card. DA-COMFLASH-64MB C 1 064 B - TOS 0130 9999 1000 | 64 | 125184 | TOSHIBA THNCF064MAA | 1.1 | 1.0RC1 | Harri Hohteri | MP2100 US | Gives -10606. | upd |
| SD DaneElec. The back says: Model No. HPC-SD16M HAGIWARA SYS-COM MMC/SD Adapter: the brand is Datafab: http://www.datafab.com. Remark: for SDs, the adapter is an active component. | 16 MB | 29120 | PCMCIA ADAPTER | 1.0RC2 | Paul Guyot | MP2100 US | Not only writing to card fails but after a while it doesn't seem to work.
It takes forever to get the card slip because the Newton waits for the card until the timeout expires. |
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| Adapter: RadioShack CF Adapter Card: centon 32MB CF card (32MCOMFLASH2, v 1.6) | 32MB | 64000 | n/a | 7.0 | 1.0RC1 | Donald Wilson | MP2100 US | On Partitioning, Zeroing Sectors results in -1001021 error. | upd |
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Unrecognized cards |
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When these cards are inserted, the Newton displays an error -10582. The identification failed. If you get another error, please contact me. |
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| Description | Capacity (nominal) | Version | Name | Newton | Comment | Update |
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| 64 mb Centenial ATA flash Solid State | 61.5 | 1.0RC6.1 | Thoma Mattox | MP2100 US | upd | |
| Nortel Networks ATA Flash 64mb also says at the bottom of the card Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. | 64 | 1.0RC6.1 | Dan | MP2100 US | It does not work at all. Upon inserting it says "There is a problem with this card" and a ok buttion but that is it. | upd |
| Memorex 32MB in a Dazzle CompactFlash Card Adapter | 32MB | 1.0RC2 | Marco | MP130 US | upd | |
| intel value series 200 flash 64MB Memory card | 64 MB | 1.0RC2 | Kihyun Moon | eMate 300 | http://www.zerohana.com
rc2 demo version Paul's Comment: this isn't an ATA card but a linear card. |
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| intel value Series200 Flash 64Mb Memory card | 64 MB | 1.0RC2 | Kihyun Moon | MP2100 US | http://www.zerohana.com
rc2 demo version Paul's Comment: this isn't an ATA card but a linear card. |
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| Noname 12 MB PCMCIA Flash Card | 12 MB | 1.0RC2 | Stefan Schwenke | MP2100 D | Card works fine (even slow but stable) with ATASupport 1.0b10. With ATA Support 1.0 RC2 I get error -1001021 during partitioning. | upd |