Thanks. I looked at the deal at Buy.com and was almost ready to get it, but I wanted to get some more information on the player first. Did a search and found the company's
website. I couldn't find anything on the site for that player, but they did have links to online retail stores that sell their products. Only a few carry the X64 (and similar X32). Each place had conflicting prices and descriptions of the unit. Most state that the PC connection is parallel, but that a USB to parallel connector is included in the package. A USB port is in the system requirements. The last site I looked at was
eCost.com. They have the X32 model (32MB embedded plus a Smartmedia slot) for $36.22 after $20 MIR. I couldn't pass that up. S&H was outrageous at $18. But, I needed some small stuff like a crossover cable, 3.5" to 5.25" bay adapter and USB expansion cable. eCost.com was about half the price on those items than I was prepared to pay at Fry's. All that stuff together was about the same price to ship as just the MP3 player. I should get everything tomorrow, when it arrives I'll give a review here.
BTW, as I write this eCost.com only has one left at the $36.22 price..........
EDIT: I just found this
pic showing how small the unit is:Q