Digital Wallet - Very Cool

Wes said:

Don:
I am curious as I was unable to get the Sony PC adapter (MSAC-PC2)
and memory stick to work with the older version of the firmware.
For me, I had to upgrade to V2.0 just to become functional. It was
my understanding that V2.0 was the first to address this problem
with the Sony PC2 adapter. Are you using the PC1 adapter?

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Yes, I use the Sony MSAC-PC2 adapter.

I never found any simple 1-2-3 directions for doing the upgrade here, or anywhere; so, I had someone who knew what the heck they were doing, install v1.93DL He lives on the East coast and I live in the Midwest, so I am not able to update v2.0.

Things like updating drivers etc. just dumbfound me. I always screw it up so bad, that I have learned to stay away from things of that nature.

Regarsds,

Don Schaaf

I never seen a DW so I can't compare the Mindstor to it. The Mindstor is a little bigger than I thought but fairly light (definitely lighter than my VAIO laptop LOL). Very simple, pop in the pc adapter and the Mindstor starts uploading automatically. I didn't buy the firewire cable yet but the USB speed is decent. I just got the Mindstor so I haven't done any "real" day trip testing yet.

TraceyS said:

How's the MindStor?

I really want that - FW must fly! You do what i plan on doing - i
really need to convince myself i don't need another 128 stick
right now (broke!). Tomorrow will be a good trial run for me with
the DW - going to Knott's Berry Farm. Then i'll have 3 weeks to
convince myself i don't need another stick!

Just DL'd the XP drivers for the DW - off to test them.

Tracey

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Don,
You are missing some really cool features by not upgrading to 2.0.

This version has allows the adjustment of the screen contrast (great in different lighting situations), allows you to use the wallet as a card reader when attached to your computer, allows you to access individual files, and lets you delete files from your card after downloading to the wallet.

I know that updating drivers can drive you nuts(lol), but I have never found a failure in the updating process to cause any problems. Usually if there is a problem updating, the old version remains in place.

I had no problem upgrading to 1.93, and only a small headache going to 2.0. I had gotten a new computer with XP in the meantime.

To update, save the 2.0 driver (M$A$W$.D$W), to a folder where you will be able to find it. (I created a folder called "downloaded files".) After you have downloaded to this folder, connect your DW to the computer. Go to where you can see the folder where you have saved the new driver file and right click your mouse on the folder name. Click on "explore" and you will see the file name on the right side of the screen.

On the left side of the screen, you will see all of your drive letters, A:, C:, etc., including the letter given to your digital wallet. Simply right click on the name of the new driver file (M$A$W$.D$W) and drag it to the letter representing your digital wallet. release the mouse button, and you should be given the option of moving or copying the file to that drive. Click on "copy" and the file should copy to your digital wallet.

Now all you have to do is disconnect you wallet from your computer, turn of the wallet and then turn it back on. The new driver will then install itself and you will have a greatly improved wallet.

I know this can be intimidating, but if you do this slowly, there is little you can do to harm your computer or digital wallet.

If anything is not clear, maybe your friend can walk you through this by phone.

Good luck,
Rick

Don said:

Wes said:

Don:
I am curious as I was unable to get the Sony PC adapter (MSAC-PC2)
and memory stick to work with the older version of the firmware.
For me, I had to upgrade to V2.0 just to become functional. It was
my understanding that V2.0 was the first to address this problem
with the Sony PC2 adapter. Are you using the PC1 adapter?

Click to expand...

Yes, I use the Sony MSAC-PC2 adapter.

I never found any simple 1-2-3 directions for doing the upgrade
here, or anywhere; so, I had someone who knew what the heck they
were doing, install v1.93DL He lives on the East coast and I live
in the Midwest, so I am not able to update v2.0.

Things like updating drivers etc. just dumbfound me. I always screw
it up so bad, that I have learned to stay away from things of that
nature.

Regarsds,

Don Schaaf

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Rick Blaski said:

To update, save the 2.0 driver (M$A$W$.D$W), to a folder where you
will be able to find it. (I created a folder called "downloaded
files".)

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Rick: 100,000 blessings upon you, and --- THANKS.

I decided to follow your advice and did it. I actually, successfully updated something having to do with computers. Now there's a first.

I sincerely appreciate that fact that you took the time to spell it out for me. Your a good man.

Regards,

Don Schaaf

You're welcome,

Glad things worked out and I think you'll enjoy your DW more, now that you have the upgrade.

Rick

Don said:

Rick Blaski said:

To update, save the 2.0 driver (M$A$W$.D$W), to a folder where you
will be able to find it. (I created a folder called "downloaded
files".)

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[snipped for brevity]

Rick: 100,000 blessings upon you, and --- THANKS.

I decided to follow your advice and did it. I actually,
successfully updated something having to do with computers. Now
there's a first.

I sincerely appreciate that fact that you took the time to spell it
out for me. Your a good man.

Regards,

Don Schaaf

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I think it is 'had to be longer'.

Wes said:

I previously suspected that the Sony MSAC-PC2 PC adapter did not
work with older firmware versions and that the V2.0 upgrade
resolved this problem.
I would like to confirm that the V2.0 firmware resolves a problem
with the Sony 128Mb memory stick. Tech support at Minds@work
contacted me and provided:
"Yes, I (tech support - Minds@work) will confirm that. The actual
problem started with 128M cards, the latency to read the card had
to longer, we were reading the card to fast, missing a couple of
megs, thus the error. All is fixed."
I think he means "the latency to read the card was too long"...

Regards
...Wes

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