<s>
DexDrive	B-Device
is	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
home	B-Device
video	I-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
memory	B-Device
card	I-Device
readers	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
allowing	O
data	O
transfer	O
to	O
a	O
PC	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
made	O
by	O
now-defunct	O
InterAct	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
memory	B-Device
cards	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DexDrive	B-Device
provides	O
PC	B-Device
owners	O
with	O
a	O
console	O
game	O
data	O
storage	O
solution	O
that	O
is	O
more	O
economical	O
than	O
buying	O
many	O
memory	B-Device
cards	I-Device
,	O
and	O
it	O
allowed	O
online	O
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
capacity	O
is	O
only	O
128	O
KB	O
,	O
far	O
less	O
than	O
even	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cost	O
and	O
capacity	O
were	O
much	O
more	O
favorable	O
on	O
a	O
PC	B-Device
due	O
to	O
the	O
efficiency	O
of	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drives	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
two	O
memory	B-Device
cards	I-Device
,	O
DexDrive	B-Device
owners	O
had	O
the	O
opportunity	O
to	O
store	O
effectively	O
limitless	O
amounts	O
of	O
game	O
data	O
by	O
transferring	O
files	O
as	O
needed	O
between	O
the	O
memory	B-Device
cards	I-Device
and	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
PC	B-Device
files	O
,	O
game	O
data	O
can	O
be	O
shared	O
over	O
the	O
Internet	O
or	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
console	O
emulators	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
DexDrive	B-Device
connects	O
to	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
via	O
serial	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
and	O
the	O
DexPlorer	B-Device
Windows	B-Application
driver	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interact	O
developed	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Shark	I-Device
to	O
share	O
save	O
data	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
games	O
that	O
use	O
cartridge-based	O
storage	O
instead	O
of	O
memory	B-Device
cards	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Core	O
Magazine	O
said	O
the	O
serial	B-Protocol
port	I-Protocol
is	O
slow	O
but	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
installation	O
is	O
simple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
summarized	O
:	O
"	O
All	O
in	O
all	O
,	O
the	O
DexDrive	B-Device
is	O
a	O
splendid	O
idea	O
,	O
and	O
worth	O
its	O
$39.95	O
retail	O
price	O
(	O
which	O
is	O
,	O
as	O
Interact	O
points	O
out	O
,	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
a	O
typical	O
multi-page	O
memory	B-Device
card	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DexDrive	B-Device
may	O
wind	O
up	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
novel	O
gaming	O
peripherals	O
since	O
the	O
Analog	O
controller.	O
"	O
</s>
