On 22 Feb 2005 at 20:14, Jon Paul Schelter (R* Toronto) wrote: > That looks really cool, Timothy. > > Does it deal with overwrites, or assume you'll clean out the camera? > (i.e. what does it do if you press copy twice?) > > Looks like it's a one-button interface, from the top google hits: > > http://www.coolerexpress.com/byotgousb20e.html > http://www.dealsonic.com/byotusb20one.html > http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?description=17-145-367&DEP > A=9 > > (and a bloody ugly external battery pack, but it _does_ look like it > uses AAs, so at least you'd only have one battery type with and > *istD/DS) > > And yeah, both Win2k and WinXP *broken* W.R.T. formatting large drives > as FAT32, which sucks for interoperability - <rhetorical> does MS do it > deliberately </rhetorical> ?
I'm just a bit baffled regarding the advantage of this unit over the abundant, cheap, neat, easy to use and portable card to readers available? If you have to stop working to DL from the camera via USB then surely popping the card out and copying it direct should be no more hassle? Confused, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
