Tripper Reports

GWS2 said:

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Please, no flames. My intent is to seek information, not to
criticize anyone.

I've been following this forum with the goal of obtaining the
information required to make a decision on which portable HD (or CD
burner) device to purchase.

It seems that every day there's another Tripper glitch reported:
Hardware, software, firmware, user's manual, pilot error. Mostly
shrugged off as minor, but often disabling.

What's up with this device?

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Wayne Larmon said:

GWS2 said:

--
Please, no flames. My intent is to seek information, not to
criticize anyone.

I've been following this forum with the goal of obtaining the
information required to make a decision on which portable HD (or CD
burner) device to purchase.

It seems that every day there's another Tripper glitch reported:
Hardware, software, firmware, user's manual, pilot error. Mostly
shrugged off as minor, but often disabling.

What's up with this device?

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Lots of users, so lots or reports of misc. glitches?

I've got a Tripper and it works fine with my XP Pro machine. And
also with an old PII laptop that runs Win 98 SE.

As far as I know, there are two known problems with the Tripper

1. The firmware update program will only work with Win 98. This
can be finessed if you have a DOS boot floppy. You can boot an XP
machine using the DOS floppy and run the firmware update program
from it. (This is irrelevant for new owners, because the Trippers
usually come with the most recent firmware.

2. Shorter than desired battery life. This can be dealt with by
using an external battery. Either one that you make yourself from
Radio Shack parts, or a commercial "Universal" external battert.
insidecomputer.com has such an external battery. This hasn't been
an issue for me. It is an issue for people who use stacks of IBM
microdrives.

There are some clumsy passages in the user manual, but if you know
about these complaints, you probably have also seen the posts that
clarify these issues.

There are always reports from Windows 98 users having problems, but
Win 98 users have more problems. Because quite often it involves
suddenly getting a USB interface working that might not have ever
been used before, so it might not have ever worked.

Also, practically every USB device I've seen says that Windows 98
SE is the minimum, but a lot of Win 98 (not SE) users try to use
USB devices.

Or did you have some other problems in mind?

I like my Tripper because:

1. It worked with the laptop drive I already had. Some other
devices don't let you install your own drive.

2. The Tripper HD to computer HD speed is very fast. The Tripper
CF reader to computer is moderatly fast.

3. Its user interface is simple and works.

4. No weird problems. It works with all my CF cards. And my
Windows XP computer recognized it without needing any additional
drivers. My Win 98 SE laptop works with it, but it needed drivers
installed.

Wayne Larmon

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GWS2 said:

Wayne Larmon said:

GWS2 said:

--
Please, no flames. My intent is to seek information, not to
criticize anyone.

I've been following this forum with the goal of obtaining the
information required to make a decision on which portable HD (or CD
burner) device to purchase.

It seems that every day there's another Tripper glitch reported:
Hardware, software, firmware, user's manual, pilot error. Mostly
shrugged off as minor, but often disabling.

What's up with this device?

Click to expand...

Lots of users, so lots or reports of misc. glitches?

I've got a Tripper and it works fine with my XP Pro machine. And
also with an old PII laptop that runs Win 98 SE.

As far as I know, there are two known problems with the Tripper

1. The firmware update program will only work with Win 98. This
can be finessed if you have a DOS boot floppy. You can boot an XP
machine using the DOS floppy and run the firmware update program
from it. (This is irrelevant for new owners, because the Trippers
usually come with the most recent firmware.

2. Shorter than desired battery life. This can be dealt with by
using an external battery. Either one that you make yourself from
Radio Shack parts, or a commercial "Universal" external battert.
insidecomputer.com has such an external battery. This hasn't been
an issue for me. It is an issue for people who use stacks of IBM
microdrives.

There are some clumsy passages in the user manual, but if you know
about these complaints, you probably have also seen the posts that
clarify these issues.

There are always reports from Windows 98 users having problems, but
Win 98 users have more problems. Because quite often it involves
suddenly getting a USB interface working that might not have ever
been used before, so it might not have ever worked.

Also, practically every USB device I've seen says that Windows 98
SE is the minimum, but a lot of Win 98 (not SE) users try to use
USB devices.

Or did you have some other problems in mind?

I like my Tripper because:

1. It worked with the laptop drive I already had. Some other
devices don't let you install your own drive.

2. The Tripper HD to computer HD speed is very fast. The Tripper
CF reader to computer is moderatly fast.

3. Its user interface is simple and works.

4. No weird problems. It works with all my CF cards. And my
Windows XP computer recognized it without needing any additional
drivers. My Win 98 SE laptop works with it, but it needed drivers
installed.

Wayne Larmon

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Wayne,

Good informative post. Thank you.

Y'all: Is Wayne's experience consistent with yours?
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Curious Gary

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GWS2 said:

Wayne,

Good informative post. Thank you.

Y'all: Is Wayne's experience with yours?
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Curious Gary

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GWS2 said:

--
Please, no flames. My intent is to seek information, not to
criticize anyone.

I've been following this forum with the goal of obtaining the
information required to make a decision on which portable HD (or CD
burner) device to purchase.

It seems that every day there's another Tripper glitch reported:
Hardware, software, firmware, user's manual, pilot error. Mostly
shrugged off as minor, but often disabling.

What's up with this device?

Curious Gary

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Dan Honemann said:

I've only had my Tripper for a couple of weeks, but I've used it on
several shoots now and it performs flawlessly. Last Sunday, I shot
1,300 photos, transferring all from 1 GB cards to the Tripper, then
to my HD, and all worked fine.

I use Dennis' external battery pack to get around power
llimitations, and the simple interface is all I need.

In short, my Tripper does just what it is supposed to do. No
complaints.

Dan

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JW Legler said:

Hi All,

I am looking at the Tripper as well. Does it work with a Mac OS 10
and above?

Thanks,
Janice

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Larry Sprock said:

To let you know, I run only mac's and am running OS 10.2.6. I
bought a tripper to use on a large photoshoot where I needed large
amounts of storage. If you or anyone else is interested in a 20GB
tripper I will sell it packaged as I bought it for 225.00. BTW you
do not need to install drivers for OSX, it mounts like a regular
hard drive.

Thank you,
Larry

JW Legler said:

Hi All,

I am looking at the Tripper as well. Does it work with a Mac OS 10
and above?

Thanks,
Janice

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Dewey1234 said:

It is nice to see this post. I jsut purchased a tripper today. It
looks like this is a piece of hardware that deos exactly what it is
supposed to do. Accept cards, transfer pics to it. transfer pics
from it to a hard drive on your pc or mac.
I am running win2k with the latest service packs, is anyone else
running this setup? I am guessig I may need to install drivers once
I connect it to my machine, but if not all the better.
What about the battery life, I am going on a trip next Friday. Do I
need to have an extra battery if I am going to be transferring to
the Tripper once I am back in my hotel room? Or is the AC adapter
enough?

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Dewey1234 said:

It is nice to see this post. I jsut purchased a tripper today. It
looks like this is a piece of hardware that deos exactly what it is
supposed to do. Accept cards, transfer pics to it. transfer pics
from it to a hard drive on your pc or mac.
I am running win2k with the latest service packs, is anyone else
running this setup? I am guessig I may need to install drivers once
I connect it to my machine, but if not all the better.
What about the battery life, I am going on a trip next Friday. Do I
need to have an extra battery if I am going to be transferring to
the Tripper once I am back in my hotel room? Or is the AC adapter
enough?
Dewey

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Dewey1234 said:

Larry Sprock said:

To let you know, I run only mac's and am running OS 10.2.6. I
bought a tripper to use on a large photoshoot where I needed large
amounts of storage. If you or anyone else is interested in a 20GB
tripper I will sell it packaged as I bought it for 225.00. BTW you
do not need to install drivers for OSX, it mounts like a regular
hard drive.

Thank you,
Larry

JW Legler said:

Hi All,

I am looking at the Tripper as well. Does it work with a Mac OS 10
and above?

Thanks,
Janice

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Dewey1234 said:

Larry Sprock said:

To let you know, I run only mac's and am running OS 10.2.6. I
bought a tripper to use on a large photoshoot where I needed large
amounts of storage. If you or anyone else is interested in a 20GB
tripper I will sell it packaged as I bought it for 225.00. BTW you
do not need to install drivers for OSX, it mounts like a regular
hard drive.

Thank you,
Larry

JW Legler said:

Hi All,

I am looking at the Tripper as well. Does it work with a Mac OS 10
and above?

Thanks,
Janice

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Canon S900, Nikon 885,Qimage, PPP, PPPG, Ilford Galerie, RR papers

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Dennis Lathem said:

A full charge on the TRIPPER internal battery is enough power to
transfer the contents of three full 1 GB microdrives. If you use
Solid State cards you can add about 1GB to that. If your need is
to transfer more than 4GB (solid state ) 3GB (microdrive) to the
TRIPPER you will either need an AC adaptor to power the TRIPPER or
an external battery pack.

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Daniella said:

Dewey1234 said:

Larry Sprock said:

To let you know, I run only mac's and am running OS 10.2.6. I
bought a tripper to use on a large photoshoot where I needed large
amounts of storage. If you or anyone else is interested in a 20GB
tripper I will sell it packaged as I bought it for 225.00. BTW you
do not need to install drivers for OSX, it mounts like a regular
hard drive.

Thank you,
Larry

JW Legler said:

Hi All,

I am looking at the Tripper as well. Does it work with a Mac OS 10
and above?

Thanks,
Janice

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Canon S900, Nikon 885,Qimage, PPP, PPPG, Ilford Galerie, RR papers

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Daniella
http://www.photosig.com/go/users/userphotos?id=26918
http://www.pbase.com/zylen
C7OO FORUM: http://www.c700uz.com
c7OOuz, Dimage-7, Tcon14tele, C210tele, Cokin-173, Grad-ND,
Hoya-red-Intensifier, Hoya_R_72.

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Ick said:

It's odd because it is told here
http://www.insidecomputer.com/performance_comparison.htm
that the Tripper can download 37x256Mo (or 8.09GB data) with a
single full charged battery (71 minutes).
That mean much more than your 4Gb of "Solid state" Data.
Who's right ?

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Ick said:

It's odd because it is told here
http://www.insidecomputer.com/performance_comparison.htm
that the Tripper can download 37x256Mo (or 8.09GB data) with a
single full charged battery (71 minutes).
That mean much more than your 4Gb of "Solid state" Data.
Who's right ?
FRED

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Dewey1234 said:

Daniella said:

Dewey1234 said:

Larry Sprock said:

To let you know, I run only mac's and am running OS 10.2.6. I
bought a tripper to use on a large photoshoot where I needed large
amounts of storage. If you or anyone else is interested in a 20GB
tripper I will sell it packaged as I bought it for 225.00. BTW you
do not need to install drivers for OSX, it mounts like a regular
hard drive.

Thank you,
Larry

JW Legler said:

Hi All,

I am looking at the Tripper as well. Does it work with a Mac OS 10
and above?

Thanks,
Janice

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Canon S900, Nikon 885,Qimage, PPP, PPPG, Ilford Galerie, RR papers

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Daniella
http://www.photosig.com/go/users/userphotos?id=26918
http://www.pbase.com/zylen
C7OO FORUM: http://www.c700uz.com
c7OOuz, Dimage-7, Tcon14tele, C210tele, Cokin-173, Grad-ND,
Hoya-red-Intensifier, Hoya_R_72.

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Canon S900, Nikon 885,Qimage, PPP, PPPG, Ilford Galerie, RR papers

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Dennis Lathem said:

Ick said:

It's odd because it is told here
http://www.insidecomputer.com/performance_comparison.htm
that the Tripper can download 37x256Mo (or 8.09GB data) with a
single full charged battery (71 minutes).
That mean much more than your 4Gb of "Solid state" Data.
Who's right ?

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I read the same information on the TRIPPER battery life prior to
buying one.

I can tell you for an absolute fact that I have never been able to
coax more than about 3.5 GB out of the TRIPPER using a microdrive.
I just double checked all of my test and this is the case over and
over again. I have tried three different internal batteries and
this is also the case.

Utilizing a 512MB Transcend 30x solid state card the very best
runtime I got was 5GB in 10 downloads. This is copying the data
and immediately turning the unit off. If you do any in between
futzing with the TRIPPER like checking disk use and other stuff you
will shorten even this runtime.

The fact of the matter is that both of the TRIPPERs I have had have
NEVER approached the battery run time listed on the Inside Computer
chart. I have done repeated test and 3.5GB (microdrive) and 5GB
(solid state) is the best I have found.

If Inside Computer has a TRIPPER that will dump 8GB of data on a
single charge of the pitiful internal battery I would gladly trade
theirs for mine ;-)

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CDL

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Daniella said:

do not worry about going through the airport security with your
camera and cards but keep them with you all the time and make sure
you have charged battery because they will probably ask you to
power your camera up to check if it is a real working device or a
bogus one. they do ask me to power up my cell phone, cameras etc.

Bring the camera with you as checkin as the check in scan is safe
for electronic devices.

Dewey1234 said:

Daniella said:

Dewey1234 said:

Larry Sprock said:

To let you know, I run only mac's and am running OS 10.2.6. I
bought a tripper to use on a large photoshoot where I needed large
amounts of storage. If you or anyone else is interested in a 20GB
tripper I will sell it packaged as I bought it for 225.00. BTW you
do not need to install drivers for OSX, it mounts like a regular
hard drive.

Thank you,
Larry

JW Legler said:

Hi All,

I am looking at the Tripper as well. Does it work with a Mac OS 10
and above?

Thanks,
Janice

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Canon S900, Nikon 885,Qimage, PPP, PPPG, Ilford Galerie, RR papers

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--
Daniella
http://www.photosig.com/go/users/userphotos?id=26918
http://www.pbase.com/zylen
C7OO FORUM: http://www.c700uz.com
c7OOuz, Dimage-7, Tcon14tele, C210tele, Cokin-173, Grad-ND,
Hoya-red-Intensifier, Hoya_R_72.

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--
Canon S900, Nikon 885,Qimage, PPP, PPPG, Ilford Galerie, RR papers

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--
Daniella
http://www.photosig.com/go/users/userphotos?id=26918
http://www.pbase.com/zylen
C7OO FORUM: http://www.c700uz.com
c7OOuz, Dimage-7, Tcon14tele, C210tele, Cokin-173, Grad-ND,
Hoya-red-Intensifier, Hoya_R_72.

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