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| ⚫ | '''SmartMedia''' is a form of [[flash memory]] card frequently used in [[digital camera]]s in the early 2000s. The format was developed by Toshiba, launched c. Summer 1995, based on NAND Flash technology. The package was a thin (0.76 millimetre thick) plastic rectangle 45x37mm, with a corner notch for orientation. One side carried a surface contact area, and a marked circle where a metallic sticker could be placed for write protection. |
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| ⚫ | '''SmartMedia''' is a form of [[flash memory]] card frequently used in [[digital camera]]s in the early 2000s. The format was developed by Toshiba, launched c. Summer 1995, based on NAND Flash technology. The package was a thin (0.76 millimetre thick) plastic rectangle 45x37mm, with a corner notch for orientation. One side carried a surface contact area, and a marked circle where a metallic sticker could be placed for write protection. |
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The original cards worked at 5volts; later technology ran at 3.3v. To distinguish these, the 3.3v cards had the top-right corner (as oriented in the photo, right) cut off; 5v cards have the top-left corner cut. |
The original cards worked at 5volts; later technology ran at 3.3v. To distinguish these, the 3.3v cards had the top-right corner (as oriented in the photo, right) cut off; 5v cards have the top-left corner cut. |
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| β | Capacities ranged from 512kb to 128Mb, and data transfer was limited to a rate of 2MB/s - small and slow by today's standards. Early cards could be read through a "FlashPath" floppy-disk adaptor, in a 3.5-inch floppy drive<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlashPath Wikipedia FlashPath] has a photo</ref>; this was a very slow method of reading, but was compatible with the many computers that in the 1990s did not have [[USB]] connections. Most cards are labelled "ID", meaning they have a unique serial number written in to the card, intended for rights management/copy protection, but this has been used only rarely. |
+ | Capacities ranged from 512kb to 128Mb, and data transfer was limited to a rate of 2MB/s - small and slow by today's standards. Early cards could be read through a "FlashPath" floppy-disk adaptor, in a 3.5-inch floppy drive<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlashPath Wikipedia FlashPath] has a photo</ref>; this was a very slow method of reading, but was compatible with the many computers that in the 1990s did not have [[USB]] connections. Most cards are labelled "ID", meaning they have a unique serial number written in to the card, intended for rights management/copy protection, but this has been used only rarely. |
The cards are no longer in production. |
The cards are no longer in production. |
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