All-in-one card readers; anyone that really does it all? (Firewire, USB, floppy)

[The poster formerly known as Colleyville Alan]

I am looking for a multi-function reader that has the following features:

external drive
reads floppy disks
has USB ports (two or more)
has firewire port (only need one)
will read all of the typical stuff - compact flash, memory stick, etc


So far, I have found a couple of external drives that do some of this. One
drive had everything but the floppy and a Mitsui drive had the floppy and
media reader stuff but no firewire. I'd really like the drive to be
external and have only one of them on my desk. Any that you guys know
about?
Thanks


p.s. don't ask why I want a floppy. The Mafia will kill me if I don't have
one.

 

[CBFalconer]

.... snip ...

p.s. don't ask why I want a floppy. The Mafia will kill me if I
don't have one.

For the floppy, just install one. It will cost you about 5 to 10
dollars. Plus a cable.

 

[kony]

I am looking for a multi-function reader that has the following features:

external drive
reads floppy disks
has USB ports (two or more)
has firewire port (only need one)
will read all of the typical stuff - compact flash, memory stick, etc


So far, I have found a couple of external drives that do some of this. One
drive had everything but the floppy and a Mitsui drive had the floppy and
media reader stuff but no firewire. I'd really like the drive to be
external and have only one of them on my desk. Any that you guys know
about?
Thanks


p.s. don't ask why I want a floppy. The Mafia will kill me if I don't have
one.

I doubt one exists that has both floppy and firewire. Even
having firewire plus all the rest w/o floppy isn't very
common, AFAIK. You could velcro or super-glue two of them
together and pretend it's just one? Either that or do it
the easy way like CBFalconer suggested and get a normal
floppy drive... which has other benefits too, like legacy
support, and emergency bios recovery usage potential.

 

[The poster formerly known as Colleyville Alan]

I doubt one exists that has both floppy and firewire. Even
having firewire plus all the rest w/o floppy isn't very
common, AFAIK. You could velcro or super-glue two of them
together and pretend it's just one? Either that or do it
the easy way like CBFalconer suggested and get a normal
floppy drive... which has other benefits too, like legacy
support, and emergency bios recovery usage potential.

Well, this has firewire, USB, flash reader, etc and is external, but does
not have a floppy:
http://www.koutech.com/proddetail.asp?linenumber=251

Then there are units with a floppy that lack firewire and USB.

I guess it is not surprising that I can't find it all, but I was hopeful. I
have limited desktop space and was hoping to get everything in one unit. An
internal floppy plus this koutech unit might be what I end up getting.

Thanks for the reply.

 

[kony]

Well, this has firewire, USB, flash reader, etc and is external, but does
not have a floppy:
http://www.koutech.com/proddetail.asp?linenumber=251

Then there are units with a floppy that lack firewire and USB.

Many of them try to fit everything into a box roughly the
size of a floppy drive, it could be difficult to fit all
that AND a floppy into the same sized box. If a larger box
were acceptible, I would think it not much difference in
asthetics to just have two floppy-sized boxes stacked atop
each other.

I guess it is not surprising that I can't find it all, but I was hopeful. I
have limited desktop space and was hoping to get everything in one unit. An
internal floppy plus this koutech unit might be what I end up getting.

Stack two boxes... maybe using some industrial strength
velcro-like stuff... two identical adhesive backed pads of
the stiff plastic material with mushroom shaped mating
surfaces is very strong, you could probably throw the drives
against a wall and their cases would split before the velcro
broke loose. Don't know the best place to get some, Google
should find it.

 

[The poster formerly known as Colleyville Alan]

Many of them try to fit everything into a box roughly the
size of a floppy drive, it could be difficult to fit all
that AND a floppy into the same sized box. If a larger box
were acceptible, I would think it not much difference in
asthetics to just have two floppy-sized boxes stacked atop
each other.



Stack two boxes... maybe using some industrial strength
velcro-like stuff... two identical adhesive backed pads of
the stiff plastic material with mushroom shaped mating
surfaces is very strong, you could probably throw the drives
against a wall and their cases would split before the velcro
broke loose. Don't know the best place to get some, Google
should find it.

Thanks - I might just try that.

 

[Antony Heighton-towers]

As it stands there is no all -in one reader on the markert there is a
reader with everything but the follpy for about £11.00 it is made by mentor
if you go to www.mentor.com you can find your nearest supplier.