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Title: c860 as card reader/writer
Post by: wgp2000 on October 26, 2004, 07:02:34 pm

Can anyone tell me if a driver or sync software is required for Windows to recognize the c860 as a USB device?  Are the c860 removable media drives accessible as if they were a card reader/writer?


Thanks
Bill

Title: c860 as card reader/writer
Post by: Stubear on October 26, 2004, 10:12:38 pm

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Can anyone tell me if a driver or sync software is required for Windows to recognize the c860 as a USB device?

Not if you are using w2k, xp or ME. If you are using 95 or 98 then you will need drivers - better to upgrade win9x sucks. If you are using NT then you ain't never gonna get it to work.

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Are the c860 removable media drives accessible as if they were a card reader/writer?

Yep, but only 1 at a time. You can't see both cards at once.

Stu

Title: c860 as card reader/writer
Post by: nyar on October 28, 2004, 09:45:44 am

I picked up a Sandisk USB device that lets me read 8 different types of cards, 4 at once, was only AU$35 or so.  Maybe this might be a good investment?

Title: c860 as card reader/writer
Post by: wgp2000 on October 28, 2004, 08:40:31 pm

The intention was not to use the c860 strictly as a card reader/writer, but to have the capability given the need I have to connect to multiple systems .

Title: c860 as card reader/writer
Post by: raybert on October 29, 2004, 10:14:36 am

I've been using my C860 this way on occasion.  The one problem I've noticed is that the Z can't seem to keep up with a continuous data stream.

For example, I'll drag a CD-full of MP3's to the Z (as USBMSD) in Konquerer: a bunch of data gets sent and then K says that the transfer has stalled.  After a delay, it'll resume, send a bunch of data, then stall again.  It'll continue like this until the transfer is finished.  When it stalls it's usually for 10 seconds or more.  All in all, it seems to take significantly longer than other devices.

This is on a USB 2.0 hub, BTW.  Does the Z USB interface only support USB 1.1?  That might explain this, I suppose.

Otherwise, does anyone know of a way to correct this?

~ray

Title: c860 as card reader/writer
Post by: bluedevils on October 29, 2004, 10:42:49 am

I wonder if the Z is using the /tmp folder and it gets filled up from time to time....woops rambling again.

Title: c860 as card reader/writer
Post by: ev1l on November 08, 2004, 12:22:04 am

Ony any modern NT-kernel windows it works fine (that's WinXP, Win2k, and Win2k3, not NT4)
You can either see one card at a time, or install the TCP/IP over USB drivers from the CD, and access both cards and the internal memory over SMB/CIFS (Windows filesharing) at the same time.

Title: c860 as card reader/writer
Post by: omega on November 08, 2004, 04:44:02 am

The usb storage function works great for me on several machines. Nice alternative when i can't install the net drivers on a machine...