>Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 10:55:45 -0700 >From: Bruce Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Smartmedia cards in powerbook PC slots > >Andrew wrote: >> Shortly after that I saw a posting (on this list perhaps?) mentioning >> that the MAC finder might confuse the simple minded smartmedia card. > > >That the *camera* is having a problem with those files is not indicative >that the Mac 'corrupted' the card. It did not. If you put the card back >in the Mac you could read the files just fine.
I'm sorry that's not the way it worked with me. The only 2 times I've had a smartmedia card from my olympus camera fail on me both followed the same sequence: 1: card in camera, I can take pictures and review pictures 2: put card in adapter plug adapter into powerbook (520 once, wallstreet once) 3: powerbook will not read card 4: card now will not read in my camera, my WIN98 laptop or my DOS palmtop or the powerbook. I think it's fair to say that the card is now "corrupted" 5: images are recovered using a disk utility (scandisk for the wallstreet card, 100% recovered and PhotoRescue for the 520 card, 85% recovered) So to review: 1: I have observed card failures the coincide (as in coincidence?) with trying to read the card in a powerbook with a PC card adapter 2: I have stumbled across a theory (possibly bogus) that suggests that some equipment may have problems with the invisible files that are part of the MAC file system 3: My new camera allows me to connect through my USB card so I can leave the card in the camera Based on the above I can see no advantage to the PC card adapter so there's no reason to take a chance (perhaps a very small chance) on losing my photos by using a PC card adapter. Possibly if I had a different camera this wouldn't be a problem. Possibly upgrading my Wallstreet to OS 9.1 may avoid the problem. I can only speak from my experience, hopefully I'm contributing more light than heat. >The only time I've ever had a problem with this (my camera is an Epson) >is when I accidentally loaded a picture from the camera card, tweaked it >in Graphic Converter and accidentally saved it back to the card. Then >the camera didn't recognize it and simply skipped over it when I >scrolled through the pictures; it's possible that you did something like >that. This was not the case with the corrupted cards, since I was not able to read the cards at all I couldn't edit the photos on them. I just tried cropping a photo in Graphic Converter and replacing the card in the camera. The picture still came up on the camera screen but it was perhaps half the size.... >The problem people are having with your statements is because on the >face of it, it cannot be universally true, because LOTS of people are >using smartmedia cards this way, on their Macs, with no problems... I've never claimed it was universally true. I think people are getting wound up about the original subject line and not reading all the qualifiers in the body of the message. This time I made sure to put a less definite subject line on the message. I just had a look at a card that I had connected to an Imac through the USB cable. All the hidden files were there so keeping the card in the camera doesn't prevent the hidden files from being written. If the hidden files don't cause problems when written through the camera then maybe it's how the hidden files are handled by the PC card adapter? The PC card adapter I've used is a "new media" brand part number NMT00734. Has anyone else had experience with this brand? -- Andrew King Ann Arbor Michigan technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
