Day Brown wrote:
> I just got USB-DOS.ZIP downloaded last nite and installed on my dos
> system. I also had the "Dazzle" flash card reader from Radio Shack,
> with an flash card in it from a camera.
> DOSASPI.SYS & DI1000DD.SYS found the card reader and created drive d:
> on my dos desktop. And there were the .jgs from the camera.
> I also have the "DIGITAL 81480" camera, which says that if it has an
> SD card, the system will see it as an external drive. However, I dont
> yet have the right kind of flash card... it's elcheapo, and runs off
> its own ram til you buy a card for it.
> If anyone has it, and successfully gotten the usb to work with dos,
> I'd like the tip before I spend the money on a new flash card.
*** I can't offer a suggestion other than to locate a flash card that
works with those drivers. I use a SanDisk flash drive and it works fine,
but have found many camera cards do not work on many systems including
Linux, Mac, and Windows.
I would like to issue a short rant:
USB means "Universal Serial Bus", but it is far from universal. When
someone comes up with something such as this, *all* manufacturers should
adhere to the criteria. Instead, we need a zillion different drivers to
make everything work on a supposedly *universal* system, )-:
> I am most interested in the card reader since floppies have become so
> unreliable, and in fact I have a mthbd that does *not* even have a
> floppy jack. The USB flash card reader seems like a simple sneakernet
> with more space than the 1.44 floppies...
*** It is, but may cause a problem if the system to which you are
transferring does not have USB. That is why I keep one system at home and
one at work with:
5.25 floppy drive
3.5 floppy drive
serial ****t
parallel ****t
USB ****t
I get data from many sources and the above means I never have to worry
that I cannot get it on to at least one of my systems.
Richard Bonner
http://www.chebucto.ca/~ak621/DOS/
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