Re: USB Digital Video Converter

2017-03-28 Thread Bruce Johnson 

On Mar 27, 2017, at 7:59 PM, Russell Courtenay 
> wrote:

I have been wanting one of these for years to play around with but hesitated to 
pay $70 for the El Gato device so I plunked down a whole $7 for a generic 
version off of eBay.

The auction said 'Mac' in the title but I didn't believe that as it showed a 3" 
cd, which I KNOW won't work on any Mac, but I figured I'd try it anyway, most 
of the software is built into modern operating systems I suppose...

So I couldn't resist and popped it open to reveal some very generic looking 
chips…

\Plug it into your Mac, then open System Information, go to the USB section and 
see if it says the product and vendor id is:

Kensington Slimblade Trackball:

  Product ID: 0x2041
  Vendor ID: 0x047d  (Kensington)
  Version: 1.07
  Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer: Kensington
  Location ID: 0xfa133000 / 12
  Current Available (mA): 500
  Current Required (mA): 100
  Extra Operating Current (mA): 0


Googling that will often lead you to the OEM and suitable downloadable drivers. 
WIthout the driver it won’t properly show all the details or work, but it’s 
often enough info to hunt down the drivers, or at least the OEM. if mac drivers 
exist…

But, as Michael Shaw says any non-slot loading optical drive will also work 
with those 3” cd’s.




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Re: USB Digital Video Converter

2017-03-28 Thread Michael Shaw 
Those little CDs will not work in "slot-loading" optical drives BUT they DO
work in everything else.

Every optical drive built since 1990 that has a drawer that slides out has
a special centre divot for mini-CDs.

Mike

On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Russell Courtenay 
wrote:

> I have been wanting one of these for years to play around with but
> hesitated to pay $70 for the El Gato device so I plunked down a whole $7
> for a generic version off of eBay.
>
> The auction said 'Mac' in the title but I didn't believe that as it showed
> a 3" cd, which I KNOW won't work on any Mac, but I figured I'd try it
> anyway, most of the software is built into modern operating systems I
> suppose...
>
> So I couldn't resist and popped it open to reveal some very generic
> looking chips...
>
> Russell Courtenay
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