I just acquired an Olympus digital camera which uses an XD (not SD) Picture Card for its flash memory storage. Does anyone know if the card can somehow be read by one of the existing 7-in-1 Card Reader Slots?
The XD Picture Cards have 18 gold contacts. My SD Flash Card for my Treo 650 cell phone has 9 contacts, but it is the closest in size. The XD Picture Card is only about 1/32 of an inch wider than the SD card. It seems like the card might be able to be read by the SD slot on the 8790 with some very minor alteration (1/32 shaved off the opening for the SD slot). The problem is, I can't seem to find any in-depth documentation on the pin layout inside the slots, so I'm not sure if there would be enough pin contacts inside the reader that would touch the contacts on the card to be able to read it.
I may be going at this all wrong...and maybe one of the other slots would work better??? I also have a USB Jumpdrive Trio I bought a while back that allows you to insert an SD, Sony Memory Stick, and MMC flash cards. Here's an illustration of how this flash drive works if you haven't seen one before.
Here's are pics of the pin arrangements for SD and XD.
I know there are other converters out there, but I would like to use the existing 7-in-1 reader, or my Lexar Jumpdrive Trio to accomplish this. And, yes, I do have a USB connection for my camera, but I'm just looking for a way to pop the card out and work with it only.
Thanks for any help you can send my way.
The XD Picture Cards have 18 gold contacts. My SD Flash Card for my Treo 650 cell phone has 9 contacts, but it is the closest in size. The XD Picture Card is only about 1/32 of an inch wider than the SD card. It seems like the card might be able to be read by the SD slot on the 8790 with some very minor alteration (1/32 shaved off the opening for the SD slot). The problem is, I can't seem to find any in-depth documentation on the pin layout inside the slots, so I'm not sure if there would be enough pin contacts inside the reader that would touch the contacts on the card to be able to read it.
I may be going at this all wrong...and maybe one of the other slots would work better??? I also have a USB Jumpdrive Trio I bought a while back that allows you to insert an SD, Sony Memory Stick, and MMC flash cards. Here's an illustration of how this flash drive works if you haven't seen one before.
Here's are pics of the pin arrangements for SD and XD.
I know there are other converters out there, but I would like to use the existing 7-in-1 reader, or my Lexar Jumpdrive Trio to accomplish this. And, yes, I do have a USB connection for my camera, but I'm just looking for a way to pop the card out and work with it only.
Thanks for any help you can send my way.




