Subj : USB 2.0, Warp 4, ECS and
To   : Will Honea
From : Peter Knapper
Date : Sat Jun 11 2005 12:49 pm

Hi Will,

 WH> I'm also not particularly predjudiced about the OS I use. 

That I can understand, I use other OS's when the need arises, but I guess I 
have a decided preference for something that does what I need painlessly.

 WH> and I use FORTH when
 WH> bringing up new hardware designs or developing drivers for them. 

I have heard several people say that about FORTH, but its not something I have 
really dug into. My H/W exploits have been very basic interest stuff and I   
have only really dabbled in a bit of application S/W (IBM Mainframe! and PC), 
but I also did some interrupt driven, multi serial port, C code as a TSR under 
DOS many years ago. It was just a simple logging utility for our PABX's, but it 
did what was needed.
 

 WH> It uses the SD memory but I never
 WH> bothered with a reader - I just use the built-in USB interface to
 WH> transfer pictures.  

What S/W did you use for that, Win or OS/2?

I am thinkign heading for SD memory because that will probably give me the 
flexibility I need because I dont have a Windows box to talk to it.


 WH> If you are like me, 4 out of 5
 WH> shots aren't of more than passing interest anyway (and a wife who
 WH> insists on recording every move the grandsons make when visiting). 

A big ACK on all that, it must be a common "feature" of the breed.........;-)

 WH> BTW, it's USB 2.0 but works fine with the 1.1 in the laptop.

Yes memory is probaly not a big issue there, it was the portable HD's that I 
was thinking might benefit from USB 2.0. But I am now starting to think that 
large (multi GB) memory sticks may even overtake the HD in not too short a 
time.


 WH> I keep a Pentax with a bag full of lenses for those increasing rare
 WH> occasions where I want to revert to the 'photographer mode' for such
 WH> things as technical layouts and portrait or 'art' work.

Sadly my old Pentax has not been used in quite a while now. I have a bunch of 
lenses from 24mm to 300mm but I was never a great composer of photos, perhaps 1 
in 50 was really good. Maybe a digital camera wil re-enable that 
hobby.......;-)

Cheers...........pk.


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