SCM Microsystems makes the SwapBox Classic (pretty versatile PCMCIA type
2 + Type 3 dock) for desktop systems.  There are lots of other
manufacturers for this sort of thing (I've bought these for as low as
$10 on occasion.  Need to sell off my Non-SCM units, now that I have a
lifetime supply of SCM's, some day!)  NecX has had a simple $10-$15
1-device PCMCIA dock for a while, unsure if they have it now, that'll
give you access to a PCMCIA card (Compact Flash just takes a $15 adapter
& then fits into a PCMCIA type 2 slot.)  Beats putting your palmtop onto
the home LAN, though using a laptop is easy enough to do.

(Cheating)  My Embedded Development PC's with the Needham's EMP-10 &
EMP-20, will probably read EEProms 'directly', well, through those
programmers anyways =)  A Needham's PB-10 is only $129 or so?  <EG>

  Mark

Bruno Tremblay wrote:
>
> Hi,
>         The idea to use a flash card or EEPROM is good for (let say) a new
> device. But the problem is when you want use your stored data. To my
> knowledge, only laptop can read flash card, and I don't know any PC that
> can read EEPROM directly. So, a floppy is a good idea too.