Why won't the bigger SD cards work? Terri, Amateur radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sarah Cranston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:47:34 -0600 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower >Just be certain the SD card is no larger than 512MB. My 1GB SD/USB compo >won't work, much to my dismay. Oh well, it just means I get to buy another >card, which I was also going to do anyway. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Ring >Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:35 PM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower >Ok, so the old consumers are taking the heat! >And, for all of you who purchase SD cards in order to be able to update >your Mpowers, make sure that the SD card you purchase is small, say 128 >megabytes. Otherwise, the update still won't work. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lysander >Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:32 PM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower >Look, there's no way to make everyone happy with this. You have to pick >one, >so it's a question of screwing over the new consumer or screwing over >the >old one? There really isn't another option in this situation. They >appear to >have chosen to screw over hte old one. I was going to buy an SD card >anyway. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Richard Ring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 1:29 PM >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower >Jonathan Mosen stated that one of the reasons is that SD cards are >currently the least expensive storage alternative. However, if you >already have CF cards with which you're happy, then the SD is no longer >the least expensive way to go. Why? Because you've already got CF >cards that you can't use to update your Mpower, and the money has >already long been spent on those cards. But, since you have to purchase >an SD card, now you're spending money you wouldn't have had to spend >were this not an upgrade requirement. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Les >Kriegler >Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:12 PM >To: 'Braillenote List' >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower >Hi Peggy, >Well, I'll throw in my 2 cents here. Having support for an SD card is >great. However, I'd much prefer to see it as an option, not a >requirement. >Since the mPower has a flash slot, and many of us have flash cards that >we >used in the classic units, I'm trying to understand why the designers of >the >mPower designed a unit that supports flash cards but requires SD cards >for >any upgrades? This came up before with the SMA upgrades, and I know it >was >required for those as well, but I'm still struggling with the rationale >for >this apparent requirement. >Best Regards, >Les >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peggy Kern >Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 10:46 AM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower >I don't have a problem with getting an SD card; it's just that after >buying >the mPower transplant, a new computer, and two large-sized compact flash >cards (my preferred type of card), I hadn't planned on making any more >purchases for a while. But if it's necessary to have an SD card, I >guess >that's what I'll need to do. >Peggy >At 03:58 AM 11/7/2005, you wrote: >>Peggy, >>I assume, as it's available for download, that it's a free patch and >>therefore it would be to your advantage to download and pop it on an SD >>card. (I didn't have one until very recently either but I don't regret >>the outlay.) >>-- >>Carol >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peggy Kern >>Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 5:44 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower >>Hi, all. I just went to the website to read about the patch for the >>mPower, and saw that it requires an SD card, which I don't have. So >>does that mean that in order to download any future upgrades I'll need >>to first buy an SD card, or will Humanware be sending out the patch on >>an SD card to those of us with mPowers, or what? >>Peggy <disappointed that she can't download the patch, although she >>hasn't needed it yet anyway >>___ >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/162 - Release Date: >>05/11/2005 >>-- >>No virus found in this outgoing message. >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/162 - Release Date: >>05/11/2005 >>___ >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
