i am an unrequited astronomer, pretend patient, gentle adventurer, pedal enthusiast, recovering calligrapher, occasional thespian and unfinished poet living in portland, oregon. contacting me via email is usually a good idea.
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wow! i got my viking pcmcia smartcard reader last night and decided to try it this morning before i went to work: it was quite possibly the easiest hardware i've ever used on the mac! put in the viking card, put in my smart card, and poof! they were easy to access & fast! no installation or anything. and it fits handily in this slot i have no other user for. :) well worth $34.
unfortunately, it didn't help with either the joshua tree or australia smart cards, which are still unreadable, but now i can get a file recovery software to scan it now. :)
it also turns out that norton won't mount them as disks to recover them, even the one that works. guess i have to go to plan b.....