At 07:32 μμ 13/1/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> > > > From: "Phoebus R. Dokos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Sun 13/Jan/2002 18:40 GMT > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [ql-users] Compact Flash Adapters. > > > > At 06:25 μμ 13/1/2002 +0000, you wrote: > > > > For cards smaller than 32 Megs yes it will... Cameras usually format the > > cards as FAT-12 drives and SMSQ supports that. If it's larger than that, > > Dave Walker's MultiDiscOVER probably will... (You have to check with Dave > > for that). > >DiscOVER (all variants) can already handle FAT12 and FAT16. I was >thinking of adding FAT32 support as well if anyone wanted it, but as FAT16 >gets you up to 2Gb on a parition it did not seem particularily >urgent. Possibly more useful would be upgrade the filename handling on >MSDOS format media to recognise long file names rather than just the 8.3 >format. The change that might be needed to get DiscOVER to work with >these devices is a (small) one around the original opening code if any >special device name is needed to open it in direct sector access >mode. Having said that it may be sufficient to simply set the type as >"WIN" and the format as "IBM" - I would have to check if that combination >would get DiscOVER into the code that tries to identify a hard disk >partition type. If not it is a minor change to allow it. > >Dave Dave, once I get the readers in I will try to send you a combo (Reader + card) for you to try... I don't think there will be any problems though since it looks to the OS (any os) as an ide HDD. Phoebus >_______________________________________________________________________ >Never pay another Internet phone bill! >Freeserve AnyTime, for all the Internet access you want, day and night, >only £12.99 per month. >Sign-up at http://www.freeserve.com/time/anytime
