Memory Syick Floppy Adapter Speed

[Steve Giannoni]

I am happy to report that the transfer speed is about 4x that of the
serial transfer, or about 4 highest quality images per minute. Although
still a lot slower than USB or PCMCIA type II adapter transfer, the ease
and practicality of using it on any PC after the very quick and
effortless installation of the simple driver from CD ROM, makes it an
attractive alternative, especially at only $71.46 including 2nd day
delivery. This thing is really neat!

 

[Moxie]

Steve, I would like to use the floppy adapter on PC's that don't have CD-Rom drives... Could you look to see how large the driver software is on the CD to see if that is something I could install from a floppy as well...

Thanks, Darrel

I am happy to report that the transfer speed is about 4x that of the
serial transfer, or about 4 highest quality images per minute. Although
still a lot slower than USB or PCMCIA type II adapter transfer, the ease
and practicality of using it on any PC after the very quick and
effortless installation of the simple driver from CD ROM, makes it an
attractive alternative, especially at only $71.46 including 2nd day
delivery. This thing is really neat!

 

[yohman]

steve,

could you tell us where you bought the adapter?

thanks

I am happy to report that the transfer speed is about 4x that of the
serial transfer, or about 4 highest quality images per minute. Although
still a lot slower than USB or PCMCIA type II adapter transfer, the ease
and practicality of using it on any PC after the very quick and
effortless installation of the simple driver from CD ROM, makes it an
attractive alternative, especially at only $71.46 including 2nd day
delivery. This thing is really neat!

 

[doverguy]

Will it work on any PC, including NT? Do you need to load a new driver or the PC access it like any floppy?

Thanks, Darrel

I am happy to report that the transfer speed is about 4x that of the
serial transfer, or about 4 highest quality images per minute. Although
still a lot slower than USB or PCMCIA type II adapter transfer, the ease
and practicality of using it on any PC after the very quick and
effortless installation of the simple driver from CD ROM, makes it an
attractive alternative, especially at only $71.46 including 2nd day
delivery. This thing is really neat!

 

[Michael Kim]

Steve,
Can you tell me if you can write to the memory stick using the floppy adaptor?

I am happy to report that the transfer speed is about 4x that of the
serial transfer, or about 4 highest quality images per minute. Although
still a lot slower than USB or PCMCIA type II adapter transfer, the ease
and practicality of using it on any PC after the very quick and
effortless installation of the simple driver from CD ROM, makes it an
attractive alternative, especially at only $71.46 including 2nd day
delivery. This thing is really neat!

 

[Sam Highley]

Steve, I would like to use the floppy adapter on PC's that don't have
CD-Rom drives... Could you look to see how large the driver software is
on the CD to see if that is something I could install from a floppy as
well...

I find it quite amusing that people are investing in a $1000 camera,
but haven't invested in a $100 CD-ROM drive?

Also, why not invest in a $40 PCI USB card, rather than a $70-80 floppy
disk adaptor that transfers infinitely slower?

 

[Moxie]

Actually, I work with a company that has 1000+ PC's, and runs most things from a network, so local CD-ROM drives are generally not needed. I guess they saw no real need to spend the $100,000 on CD drives that would seldom get used...

Optimally, I would like to be able to go to any of their PC's and download an image without purchasing 1000 CD-Roms or PCI cards.

Steve, I would like to use the floppy adapter on PC's that don't have
CD-Rom drives... Could you look to see how large the driver software is
on the CD to see if that is something I could install from a floppy as
well...

I find it quite amusing that people are investing in a $1000 camera,
but haven't invested in a $100 CD-ROM drive?

Also, why not invest in a $40 PCI USB card, rather than a $70-80 floppy
disk adaptor that transfers infinitely slower?

 

[JimD]

Exactly what do you do with this card? Do you not have to have some card reader at that point to plug in to your computer? Where does the memory stick go? The floppy adaptor is just too handy, and I'm in no hurry.

Also, why not invest in a $40 PCI USB card, rather than a $70-80 floppy
disk adaptor that transfers infinitely slower?

 

[Tom Mathison]

Yes, as well as format.

I am happy to report that the transfer speed is about 4x that of the
serial transfer, or about 4 highest quality images per minute. Although
still a lot slower than USB or PCMCIA type II adapter transfer, the ease
and practicality of using it on any PC after the very quick and
effortless installation of the simple driver from CD ROM, makes it an
attractive alternative, especially at only $71.46 including 2nd day
delivery. This thing is really neat!

 

[Steve Giannoni]

A fair point about the CD-ROM, but then again, there are a lot of older laptops with no practical way to a CD-ROM, but still then again most should have a PCMCIA type II slot.

As for the PCI USB card, these will only work with W98 and there is reason to suspect that the F505 may have a problem with a W98 upgrade and only work with a complete fresh install W98 OS. I have W95 OS Rev II with USB support enabled and no way the F505 will work with that. Yet I have a USB connected PCMCIA type II reader that handles everything beautifully EXCEPT MS through adapter where it won't recognize any MS greater than 4 megs. When W2000 comes out I'll bite the bullet and format C:, install W2000, reinstall all the apps I still use, and reinstall all my data from backup.

Steve, I would like to use the floppy adapter on PC's that don't have
CD-Rom drives... Could you look to see how large the driver software is
on the CD to see if that is something I could install from a floppy as
well...

I find it quite amusing that people are investing in a $1000 camera,
but haven't invested in a $100 CD-ROM drive?

Also, why not invest in a $40 PCI USB card, rather than a $70-80 floppy
disk adaptor that transfers infinitely slower?

 

[Steve Giannoni]

The CD-ROM seems to have two folders for English and Japanese installations. Each of these would easily fit on a 1.44 floppy. Funny they didn't send the driver package as two floppies.

Thanks, Darrel

I am happy to report that the transfer speed is about 4x that of the
serial transfer, or about 4 highest quality images per minute. Although
still a lot slower than USB or PCMCIA type II adapter transfer, the ease
and practicality of using it on any PC after the very quick and
effortless installation of the simple driver from CD ROM, makes it an
attractive alternative, especially at only $71.46 including 2nd day
delivery. This thing is really neat!

 

[Moxie]

That's what I wanted to hear ! Thanks ! I don't know if you saw my response to the comment that someone buying a $1000 camera should have a $100 CD, but you should look for it, as it easily explains why I dont have CD-ROM or PCMCIA capability. (I wish some people wouldn't just assume you are ignorant; when quite often there is a very legitimate reason for what you want to do...).

Thanks again, Steve !

Darrel

Thanks, Darrel

I am happy to report that the transfer speed is about 4x that of the
serial transfer, or about 4 highest quality images per minute. Although
still a lot slower than USB or PCMCIA type II adapter transfer, the ease
and practicality of using it on any PC after the very quick and
effortless installation of the simple driver from CD ROM, makes it an
attractive alternative, especially at only $71.46 including 2nd day
delivery. This thing is really neat!

 

[Steve Giannoni]

The floppy adaptor needs a very small driver that easily installs in seconds from the provided CD-ROM. There then is a floppy icon in the system tray, until you access the adapter in drive A: when the icon changes to something with a graphic indicating the condition of the two button cells in the adapter. At this point, the drive A: looks just like the memory stick folder structure, and can be read, written to, or even formatted. The cells longevity is given in the owners manual as 16 continuous hours of reading or 12 hours or writting. The great thing about this adapter is that you can use it with any PC, is 4x faster than serial ransfer, and let's you turn off your F505 while it downloads. 4x is still a lot slower than USB of PCMCIA transfers but these latter can be finicky and certainlly not as universally usable.

Thanks, Darrel

I am happy to report that the transfer speed is about 4x that of the
serial transfer, or about 4 highest quality images per minute. Although
still a lot slower than USB or PCMCIA type II adapter transfer, the ease
and practicality of using it on any PC after the very quick and
effortless installation of the simple driver from CD ROM, makes it an
attractive alternative, especially at only $71.46 including 2nd day
delivery. This thing is really neat!

 

[Michael Kim]

Steve,

Do you know if the floppy adaptor will work on an NT machine?

Thanks, Darrel

I am happy to report that the transfer speed is about 4x that of the
serial transfer, or about 4 highest quality images per minute. Although
still a lot slower than USB or PCMCIA type II adapter transfer, the ease
and practicality of using it on any PC after the very quick and
effortless installation of the simple driver from CD ROM, makes it an
attractive alternative, especially at only $71.46 including 2nd day
delivery. This thing is really neat!

 

[Steve Giannoni]

Maybe not since the owners manual has under

"Specifications
OS
Windows 95/98"

Going to try it on an NT4 system tomorow. Will let you know if I have any luck.

Do you know if the floppy adaptor will work on an NT machine?

Thanks, Darrel

I am happy to report that the transfer speed is about 4x that of the
serial transfer, or about 4 highest quality images per minute. Although
still a lot slower than USB or PCMCIA type II adapter transfer, the ease
and practicality of using it on any PC after the very quick and
effortless installation of the simple driver from CD ROM, makes it an
attractive alternative, especially at only $71.46 including 2nd day
delivery. This thing is really neat!

 

[Marco M. Jaeger]

Can you please tell me where to get the Floppy Adapter at a good price?

Your help is very much appreciated.

Thank you

"Specifications
OS
Windows 95/98"

Going to try it on an NT4 system tomorow. Will let you know if I have any
luck.

Do you know if the floppy adaptor will work on an NT machine?

Thanks, Darrel

I am happy to report that the transfer speed is about 4x that of the
serial transfer, or about 4 highest quality images per minute. Although
still a lot slower than USB or PCMCIA type II adapter transfer, the ease
and practicality of using it on any PC after the very quick and
effortless installation of the simple driver from CD ROM, makes it an
attractive alternative, especially at only $71.46 including 2nd day
delivery. This thing is really neat!

 

[ed #13193]

Did either of you figure out if the floppy adapter works under NT ?

Can this camera transfer its files to an NT machine through any means ?

The one comment about writing to the mem sticks through the adapter kind off gets me interested.

What about the possibility of using this adapter in an older mavica (FD91) to extend the storage capability.

It occurs to me that the drivers required to achieve this would not be availble in the propreitary OS on the mavica but I guess I'm just hoping. Another valid arguement for the neccesity of flash based updates for the OS.

anyway please let me know about the NT thing.

thx

ed

Your help is very much appreciated.

Thank you

"Specifications
OS
Windows 95/98"

Going to try it on an NT4 system tomorow. Will let you know if I have any
luck.

Do you know if the floppy adaptor will work on an NT machine?

Thanks, Darrel

I am happy to report that the transfer speed is about 4x that of the
serial transfer, or about 4 highest quality images per minute. Although
still a lot slower than USB or PCMCIA type II adapter transfer, the ease
and practicality of using it on any PC after the very quick and
effortless installation of the simple driver from CD ROM, makes it an
attractive alternative, especially at only $71.46 including 2nd day
delivery. This thing is really neat!

 

[Will Kirschman]

Where did you find it at this price? Thanks

I am happy to report that the transfer speed is about 4x that of the
serial transfer, or about 4 highest quality images per minute. Although
still a lot slower than USB or PCMCIA type II adapter transfer, the ease
and practicality of using it on any PC after the very quick and
effortless installation of the simple driver from CD ROM, makes it an
attractive alternative, especially at only $71.46 including 2nd day
delivery. This thing is really neat!