What CompactFlash cards can I use?
The Series 5 and 5mx can take Type 1 CompactFlash (CF) cards. Type 2 cards are slightly thicker (5mm, as opposed to 3.3mm for Type 1). The Series 7/netBook can cope with both Type I and Type II CF cards There are some questions over maximum supported CF size. Reports are that most makes of cards up to 128MB work fine in Psion machines. Thanks to Phil Harvey for emailing us with the following: “I’ve installed a Sandisk 512Mb CF into a Series 7 using a Sandisk PC Card Adapter. It works fine, straight out of the box. Performance is impeccable. I bought the CF from Picstop for less than £100, the cheapest I could find. The Adapter was bought from Jessops for £8.99”. A word of warning. Writing to CF drains memory faster than storing files to the C drive. Avoid writing data to a CF if your batteries are low, to reduce the risk of data loss. Availability: CF cards can be purchased from Amazon , Dabs.com and PC World.
