Correction - I think 98 SE has ICS - if I recall correctly. - it's been too
long since I've used 98.
Allan
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>From: "Allan Mee" <bigalsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: XD card troubles
>Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:15:21 +0000
>
>
>Hi Moose
>If both machines have USB ports then the simplest way would be to use a USB
>flash memory stick as a the network setup disk. Conncet the XP to the net,
>run network setup, and during setup, make the XP macjhine the gateway if
>you
>want (i.e. this machine connects directly to the Internet and other
>machines
>connect via it - life's easier that way) - then, when promoted save the
>network setup file to the memory stick and run setup from the memory stick
>on the other machines.
>'98 isn't the best (or right) OS to use for sharing an internet connection
>from - but if you need/want to do that (not recommended BTW), then get some
>proper WinProxy software that properly supports MS ICS (Internet Connection
>Sharing). XP is the preferred OS for the 'gateway' because it has ICS
>built-in, and uses (can use) NTFS (which is vastly more secure than FAT32
>since FAT32 offers no protections at all. You can get Winproxy from:
>http://www.winproxy.com/
>I remember using 'Wingate' to network 98 and ME machines years ago (ME has
>built in ICS and proxy software - 98 doesn't).
>Allan (who hasn't used 98 for a few years now)
>
>
>PS No trees were harmed in the sending of this message and a very large
>number of electrons were asked their permission to be terribly
>inconvenienced. (And threw a party for them afterwards for being really
>cool
>about it).
>
>Disrupting the unnatural balance that you, as a conscious human being and a
>confused mass of energy, have created.
>-Disturb the mind -
>
>
>
>
> >From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [OM] Re: XD card troubles
> >Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 21:28:23 -0800
> >
> >TO ANYONE WHO HAS OR USES AN OLY DIGICAM WITH xD CARDS
> >
> >DO NOT USE THE CARDS IN ANY OTHER SORT OF DEVICE FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE
> >THAN DOWNLOADING THE FILES!!!
> >
> >It may be possible to do so, if you really know what you are doing, but
> >there are people who have lost the ability to use a card short of
> >sending it to Oly for "repair" (reformatting).
> >
> >Steve Goss wrote:
> > > Hi, Y'all-
> > > I think I've trashed one of my Dad's XD cards for his Olympus digicam.
> > >
> >Oops! Oly cameras are famous for being dodgy about their xD cards. You
> >really shouldn't use them in anything else, except perhaps in a Fuji
> >camera.
> > > The camera can tell that there is a card in it, but can't show any of
> >the pictures.
> > >
> >Oly uses some "different" formatting or files or something to support
> >their panoramic function. The net wizard may have messed with that,
> >rendering the images unusable by the Oly camera. This incompatibility
> >can work both ways, with a file browser unable to access a card with
> >compromised formatting/files on it.
> > > Dad's Compaq Presario has XD/compact flash/SD/etc. port on the front,
> >and it doesn't even recognize
> > > that there is a card in the slot.
> > > On the other hand, his HP 8250 printer does recognize the card and
>shows
> >all the pictures.
> > >
> >Excellent news. A device not expecting the special Oly stuff can read
> >the files, so they aren't really gone.
> > > So what is the best way of handling this? print what he wants with the
> >printer and then format it
> > > in the camera?
> > >
> >If that's all he really wants, it's an easy solution. If he wants to
> >recover the original files, there are a couple of options that I know
> >of. I suspect that one of the recovery software apps may be able to find
> >and restore or download them.
> >
> >An alternative that has worked for many folks with this general sort of
> >problem is to put the card in a Fuji camera. The Fuji may well be able
> >to see and download the images. Some have also been able to format a
> >card that their Oly camera won't recognize in a Fuji, then format it
> >again in the Oly. I'm sure there are other low level file access
> >methods, but I know nothing about them. Presumably, file recovery apps
> >would use them.
> > > How I killed his card:
> > >
> >It's not the card hardware that's dead, of course.....
> > > I'm setting up a network so my Dad can share files and printers
>between
> >his Presario and his old
> > > IBM laptop. The Presario runs Windows XP, and the laptop runs Windows
> >98. The XP network wizard
> > > wants to create a setup disk for other machines on the net, but since
> >the Presario doesn't have a
> > > floppy, the only drive it will create it on is one of the XD/compact
> >flash/SD ports. Not a CD, and
> > > not a USB Jump drive. The network wizard did manage to put a file on
>the
> >XD card, but then the
> > > Presario lost all contact with the card. Suggestions on how to tame
>the
> >network wizard would be
> > > appreciated too.
> > >
> >I've set up a wireless network between an XP machine and two 98 machines
> >without using any setup disks. The setup disk is just a "convenience"
> >for getting needed files and settings around. You can do it other ways
> >(or at least, I could, but I don't remember the details).
> >
> >Good luck!
> >
> >Moose
> >
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