From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/2/8 9:4:29, micky wrote:   
   > In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 7 Feb 2026 17:08:00 -0500, Harvey   
   > Sanenbum  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2/7/26 2:03 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >>> Harvey Sanenbum  wrote:   
   >>>> The one I used to have was Targus brand that lasted for several years,   
   >>>> then I got another called Digipower DP-MCR4, which was a big mistake   
   >>>> because it has never worked well with the cards and I often have to   
   >>>> reformat them.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Suggestions welcome.  I see ones for around $5 all over eBay, but are   
   >>>> they decent or would I end up with another dud?  Thanks in advance.   
   >>>   
   >>>    I would never put any trust in a $5 one, at least not for writing,   
   >>> formatting, etc..   
   >>>   
   >>>    If I were you, I would buy something from a reputable brand - i.e. not   
   >>> some made-up Chines etc. brand - at a sensible price. Mine, with USB-A   
   >>> and USB-C plugs was EUR 20, i.e. about $200 in current US currency! :-)   
   >>   
   >> Wow, I've never owned an entire PC costing that much since always   
   >> purchasing them used.  On a used one now that has more or less been   
   >> fully operational since 2008.  Cost <$50.   
   >   
   > I don't understand Frank.  20 Euros is about 24 dollars.   
      
   I think he was allowing for inflation - not his use of the word   
   "current". Though I think he's over-allowing - if USB-C plugs are   
   involved, it's not going to be so far back in time that 20 Euros was   
   equivalent to $200 today.   
   >>   
   >> My prior decent media reader was Targus brand costing around $10.  It   
   >> lasted about a decade and finally simply fell apart.  In fact, I still   
   >> have the pieces and tried to resuscitate the unit by resoldering some   
   >> pins, but to no avail.   
   >>   
   >> I guess we all have our priorities based on what we can afford.  What   
   >> brand or model of unit are you using, just out of curiosity?   
      
   I've never had _software_ or speed problems with card readers, either   
   external USB ones or the ones built into laptops; only mechanical, i. e.   
   they needed wiggling or fell apart. Aesthetically, for use in a proper   
   desktop with a case, I rather like the ones that go where a (3.5")   
   floppy drive went.   
      
   --   
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()ALIS-Ch++(p)Ar++T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
   So, Heresy be damned (well, it would be, wouldn't it?).   
   Radio Times 24-30 July 2010 (page 24)   
      
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