Smart Media Cards

condra

Hey does anyone know anything about smart media cards?

Are they impossible to find in shops?

If so, are they ridiculously priced on ebay? Ive seen a few as "buy it now" items, but Im scpetical about ebay.

Also, someone said something about a card converter which lets one use another type of card or something. Does anyone know anything about this?

Thanks so much for any response however brief.:)

Gingerspice99

Hi

You can get them in Argos, some of the phone shops and any decent electrical shop.

What do you need it for?

Camera, phone?

condra

Thanks so much for replying.

Argos? Are you sure? I dont have a catalogue handy. That would be great.

Its actually for a drum machine "groovebox" which Im thinking about buying (second hand)
I was that close to buying it but after visiting 2 camera shops changed my mind just in case.

Both guys in the camera shops (the one on O Connel street and the one on Liffey street) told me they have been discontinued and are impossible to find, and the dude in Liffey street told me you could pay like 50 quid for a 64mb SM card on ebay because they are so rare.

The groovebox doesnt take anything above 64mb SM either, but if I could get one from Argos or Peats or whatever, I'd be delighted.

soccerc

http://www.shop4memory.com/products/smartmedia-card.asp have 64mb cards

condra

Thanks so much, thats super helpfull.

jaqian

Gingerspice99 wrote:

Hi

You can get them in Argos, some of the phone shops and any decent electrical shop.

What do you need it for?

Camera, phone?

You cannot buy them in Argos as these are no longer made.

Wikipedia:
SmartMedia cards no longer appear to be produced by either Toshiba or Samsung, and rebadged versions are no longer being sold by companies such as Lexar and Sandisk. As such, SmartMedia cards are becoming increasingly challenging to find.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SmartMedia

The only you will get them now is off the world wide wonder.

condra

oh ok.

balls:mad:

Alun

Probably the closest thing on the market today to the old Smartmedia cards are the newer xD Picture cards. They're pretty much identical electrically, just a smaller form factor and different connector. Adapters for SM to xD are therefore pretty cheap, there's no electronics in them, it's just a physical adapter.

What you're looking for is http://cgi.ebay.ie/SMARTMEDIA-SLOT-CONVERT-to-R-W-to-XD-256MB-Memory-Card_W0QQitemZ230143045897QQihZ013QQcategoryZ48546QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

or similar.

Good luck.

condra

Ahh! Now were talkin'! Thanks a million. Thats perect! Youre a legend.