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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