MGVision's Digital Wallet?

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Do you know if they product is still being made? If so who is carrying it or the web site for the company? If not is there a similar product? Thanks, Charlie

-- Charles T Williams (cwilliams@echodesign.com), September 27, 1999

Answers

Try Comp-USA. I was suprised to see it in one of their display cases and several in stock

-- David Erskine (davide@netquest.com), September 28, 1999.

Thank! I check it out and let you know if I was successful.

-- Charlie Williams (cwilliams@echodesign.com), September 28, 1999.

I looked in CompUSA and they didn't have any. They also check their computer and were unable to find one. The search continues.....

-- Charlie Williams (cwilliams@echodesign.com), September 28, 1999.

I think MGI Vision may be out of business. The digital wallet had a huge capacity (hard disk based), but was SLOW on the transfer rate, as it depended on a serial connection. You might look at the CLIK drive from Iomega, which we reviewed a while back. (Click on the "accessories" heading on the nav bar in the left-hand frame of this forum area, and you'll find a link to the review. CLIK has some limitations, such as <40 meg per disk, and it only supports up to 16 meg SmartMedia (fine up to 40 meg CF). Check it out though - I used one on vacation last summer, and really l

-- Dave Etchells (editor@imaging-resource.com), October 02, 1999.

Thanks for the info. I think you are correct about MGVision not being around. The Clik doesn't hold enough for my needs. The camera is on a stand and a ladder is needed to pull the card out each time. I was looking for something that would permit many shots without having to climb the ladder to get the card to transfer.

-- Charlie Williams (cwilliams@echodesign.com), October 04, 1999.


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