*- On 12 Dec, Mike Werner wrote about "Re: Digital cameras and Linux" > "(Ted Harding)" wrote: >> It is worth considering a camera that can record the JPEG file directly >> to a floppy disk -- either natively (the Sony Mavica was probably the >> earliest to do it this way) or using a bit of clip-on kit which you > <snip> >> (The floppies used are in all cases -- as far as I know -- standard >> DOS-formatted floppies straight out of the box). > > FWIW I have grabbed pics from a Mavica floppy with a Linux system. I > mounted the floppy as a regular DOS type floppy and just grabbed the > .jpg's like any other. The Mavica also creates a second file for every > pic it makes - I don't remember the extension but that file has no use > I've been able to figure out (probably something the camera uses > internally). > > And the floppy that I had fed into the Mavica was a brand new never-used > one straight out of the box.
They are the index files that it uses to display on the on-camera screen. The Mavica's also create an html file that lists the files so that someone can open the list up in a web browser and view the pictures. Brian Servis -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.