Burt - Olympus uses a "Miniature Card Removable Media" and there is an association called Miniature Card Implementers Forum (mcif) and Norris Communication is not listed as a member. They are working to make this the standard. Any information on this??? I will go get the web site and post here during the 15 minutes I have to edit this.
<<<Miniature Card Implementers Forum
information, including the design specification, is available through
its World Wide Web home page at mcif.org .>>> This was taken from a news release from the CES.
Jim
P.S. Here is the News Release:
BW0073 JAN 09,1997 8:01 PACIFIC 11:01 EASTERN
( BW)(INTEL)(INTC) Konica, Olympus and Philips Demonstrate Miniature
Card-Based Handheld Products at CES; Miniature Card Offers
Interoperability Between the PC and Consumer Devices Like Digital
Cameras and Audio Recorders
Business Editors & Computer Writers
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 9, 1997--The matchbook-sized
Miniature Card is helping bridge the gap between digital consumer
products and PCs.
Not only is the new rugged storage media ideal for "smaller is
better" handheld products, but the Miniature Card solution is
offering end-users a fast and simple way to take the data, like
photo images from digital camera and voice text from digital audio
recorders, back to the PC.
"With the ability to store image, voice and text, Miniature Card
is fueling the growth of an exciting new generation of digital
consumer products," said Alan Hanson, chairman of the Miniature Card
Implementors Forum (MCIF). "And with the array of Miniature
Card-to-PC connectivity products planned, users will be able to use
their digital data in a variety of applications on their primary PC."
The MCIF demonstrated the capabilities of the Miniature Card at
the 1997 Winter Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week.
Technology previews included the Konica digital camera, the Olympus
audio voice recorder, in addition to the recently-announced Philips
Velo1 handheld computer. "The handheld devices demonstrated at CES
clearly indicate wide support and adoption of the Miniature Card
specification for digital consumer devices," noted Hanson.
Among the products highlighting the Miniature Card-to-PC
connectivity was a Universal Serial Bus (USB)-enabled Cherry keyboard
that features a built-in Miniature Card socket for fast data
transfer. Other connectivity products included USB-and parallel
port-based PCMCIA reader/writers for bringing Miniature Card
capabilities to legacy desktop systems as well as passive adapters to
facilitate Miniature Card data transfer via PCMCIA slots.
Most notable among the MCIF demonstrations was the "Sight &
Sound" business card application. A photograph of show participants
was taken with the Konica digital camera and blended with the
person's voice message captured on the Olympus digital audio
recorder. The result was a digital photograph that speaks to the
viewer.
Also demonstrated at CES was the popular Philips Electronics
Velo1 handheld computer equipped with two Miniature Card expansion
slots. This allows the user to expand both their memory and upgrade
their operating system without eliminating communications
capabilities. By utilizing the Miniature Card instead of larger PC
Cards, Philips is able to offer users a more compact, user-friendly
device that serves the needs of mobile computing.
The Miniature Card is a PC-compatible digital media that stores
image, text and voice data in handheld consumer electronic devices.
The non-volatile memory, removable Miniature Card is the ideal
storage media for digital cameras, digital audio recorders, cellular
phones and handheld computers
The mission of the Miniature Card Implementers Forum is to
provide the Miniature Card specification technology and its benefits
of lower system costs, improved interoperability and greater
capabilities to the users of electronic devices. To date, 47
computer and electronics companies have endorsed the Miniature Card
as the industry standard. Miniature Card Implementers Forum
information, including the design specification, is available through
its World Wide Web home page at mcif.org .
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