Subj : 10 net
To   : TOM WALKER
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 06:46 pm

Hey TOM!

Sep 11 07:44 05, TOM WALKER wrote to MAURICE KINAL:

 TW> YES it is becaue most of what I see have have dropped drivers but any
 TW> Win9x version whne talking about Memory Cards/USB flash drives.

Right.  I think it has something to do with licensing issues.  I read somewhere 
a major developer of usb drivers complain about MS's heavy handedness lately 
and they claim they will no longer write usb drivers for Windows as it has cost 
them more then it is worth.

 TW> I could not get a Win98 driver for the Card Reader I have. Althouhg 
 TW> my
 TW> failing WinXP experiement handles it just fine. NO problem though as 
 TW> I
 TW> don't hgave any memory Cards anyhow.

I've see XP corrupt flash disks.  I have had to repair quite a few coming from 
that direction, especially the usb ones.  The rest nobody seems to be using 
other then in digital cameras and the such and then they just transfer from 
these disks over a usb connection rather then directly from the disk.  I prefer 
the direct approach myself as it works great whereas I have had nothing but 
problems with various manufacturer's ideas for how I should be communicating 
with their devices.  Too many variations on a theme for my liking.

Life is good,
Maurice

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