Does anyone know what type of memory cards that the brother ULT2003 uses. I'd like to buy generic ones (as opposed to the one with Brother's name on them), hopefully to get them cheaper.
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Does anyone know what type of memory cards that the brother ULT2003 uses. I'd like to buy generic ones (as opposed to the one with Brother's name on them), hopefully to get them cheaper.
Unfortunately, the Brother only uses their own cards. They have you I'm afraid.
You can use anything in pes format that can be loaded onto a floppy disc, as well as the card. There are lots of freebies out there as well as designs you can purchase cheaper than cards. Just make sure that the files are unzipped and copied to the floppy in pes format.
I don't understand why you need memory cards. I just load the designs on to floppy discs which can be used over and over and cost a few cents each.
Edna
or .dst format
The short answer is "yes, you just need software that will convert designs".
There are a number of software "titles" that will do the conversion. Some (most?) of the customizing programs will convert from one format to another. I believe Embird has a conversion utility. Also there are individual programs for converting. There must be a list of them somewhere.
The one caution in converting designs is sometimes they don't translate well. Sometimes the problem is easy to deal with. For example, colours from the original design may not translate and you'll end up with something like black snowmen on the screen. Other times, there may be problems with things like stitch density, or parts of the translated design may not line up properly. A poorly digitized design in one format will still be a poor design in another.
gwh
I would also recommend Embird 8.0. The programme is fairly cheap and works really weel. It integrates with your rightclick pulldown menus and will show you the pattern exploded to a large size (settable). It works damn welll and I would pay this author again if I had to re-get it for some reason. The patterns are also shown as small icons in explorer without doing anything for quick browsing your files.
Embird will convert files one or many at a time to almost any format made. If the files have ever been converted into professional machine format (.dst and others) the colour information will be lost but can easily be recreated on Embird with it's editting.
Well worth it and reccommended by me.
The Brother cards are proprietary, you cannot go to Computers R Us and buy anything that will work. Therefor, the price of the cards is nothing more than gouging eery last dime out of you. They are actually Compact Flash cards, but the sides have been molded differently, so that a standard CF card will not go in to the machine. The Baby Lock and Brother machines both use this card, and with either the ULT2003 or the Ellageo, there is absolutely no need for them. Floppies are available just about anywhere, and they are dirt cheap. Use floppies!!!!
Thanks for all the information. My goal was to come up with a card writer without getting price gouged. My mom has an older machine that uses cards only, in addition to her newer one. I agree on the newer ones, floppies are the way to go.
Some of the newer computers no longer take floppies at all. What's going to happen when they become obsolete? Julie
You will get a USB to External Floppy kit if using a laptop or install a $15 floppy drive in your desktop.
I panicked that floppies might go out of fashion, but my son who builds my machines, said it is unlikely for a long time and he would just install a floppy unit in the new computer if I got one. I must say I love the floppy drive on my machine. I would never have my computer near my sewing machine at least in this house and are surprised at the number of people who do. Liz
You can also use The Ultimate Card, it's great.
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