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NOT AVAILABLE 3- CARDS WERE DESIGNED TO OPERATE AT EITHER  OR  6 AND A SMALL NOTCHED

CORNER WAS USED TO PROTECT 6 CARDS FROM BEING INSERTED INTO 6 READERS

3- CARDS INCORPORATED A COPY PROTECTION MECHANISM KNOWN AS THE h)$v WHICH GAVE EVERY

CARD A UNIQUE IDENTIlCATION NUMBER FOR USE WITH COPY PROTECTION SYSTEMS

3- CARDS ARE NO LONGER MANUFACTURED AND &UJIlLM AND /LYMPUS BOTH SWITCHED TO X$ CARDS

.OW NO DEVICES ARE DESIGNED TO USE 3- CARDS BUT -" CARDS FOR OLD DEVICES CAN STILL BE

OBTAINED FROM MEMORY CARD SUPPLIERS

3.3 Multimedia Card

--#S WERE lRST DEVELOPED IN THE LATE S BY )NTGENIX AND 3AN$ISK 4HESE CARDS WERE

INITIALLY USED IN MOBILE PHONE AND PAGER DEVICES BUT TODAY THEY ARE COMMONLY USED IN MANY

OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES --#S ARE BACKWARD COMPATIBLE WITH 3$ CARDS AND THEY CAN BE

PLUGGED INTO 3$ CARD SLOTS 4HE REVERSE IS NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE 3$ CARDS ARE THICKER

 MM AND WILL NOT lT INTO --# SLOTS &IGURE  IS A PICTURE OF A TYPICAL --# 4HE CARD

DIMENSIONS ARE  s  s  MM AND IT HAS  PINS

4HE --# OPERATING VOLTAGE IS  6 AND THE DATA TRANSFER RATE IS APPROXIMATELY  -"S

--#S ARE AVAILABLE WITH CAPACITIES UP TO  '" 4HE OLDER --#S HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY

NEW MULTIMEDIA mobile CARDS 4HESE CARDS OFFER HIGHER PERFORMANCE THAN OLDER --#S AND

THEY OFFER LOWER WORKING VOLTAGES n 6 TO REDUCE POWER CONSUMPTION IN PORTABLE

DEVICES

Figure 3.1: Smart Media Card

Figure 3.2: Multimedia Card

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