Re: [PLUG] "Pen Drive" recommendations?

[Kevin Brosius <kbrosius@kns.com>]

David Shaw wrote:
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> On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:28:18PM -0400, eric@lucii.org wrote:
> > I'm considering buying a "pen drive" (USB - Flash Memory -
> > portable) to transport some small files around (including my
> > gpg key ring(s)).
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> > I run (on various computers), RH 9, SuSE 7.3 and 8.0, and
> > they all seem to support USB just fine.  Anybody have any
> > recommendations +/- ?   Horror stories?  Success stories?
> 
> I've used a few.  They all "just plain worked" via the USB mass
> storage driver, and appear as an emulated SCSI disk.
> 
> I haven't tried this one, but it looks cool, and one less thing to
> carry around, perhaps:
>   http://www.meritline.com/apaudsten12m.html
> 
> It's a pen drive, but with an earphone jack to play any *.mp3 files it
> happens to find on the drive.
> 
> David

Any comments on Lexar Media parts?  I notice ecost.com has one of
Lexar's pen drives on countdown sale.  I recently picked up their 128M
memory Stick for a friend, $30 after rebate.

The 256M pen drive (USB 2, no less) is $74, minus a $15 rebate.

-- 
Kevin Brosius
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