Re: digital cameras

Bob Ward wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 08:17:52 -0800, The Real Bev
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >Bob Ward wrote:
> >>
> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> >It's hard to find a camera with a serial uploading interface now, and
> >> >there's a reason -- miserable slowness.  Make sure you have USB2
> >> >capability, even cheesy cameras can't use the older USB ports.
> >>
> >> That simply is not so, Bev.  By definition, USB 2.0 is backward
> >> compatible with USB 1.1.  If your camera is not, it isn't really USB
> >> 2.0
> >
> >Sue me.  The same camera was invisible to the older machine but loaded
> >easily with the newer machine.  I bought a USB2 card for her machine, I
> >just haven't put it in yet.
> 
> Did the older machine have the correct drivers installed?  Windows 98
> doesn't ship with as many drivers pre-installed as XP does.

The drivers presumably came on the CD with the software.  Other
previously-installed software can't see the camera either, although USB
ports are installed.
 
> This has nothing to do with USB 1.1 or USB 2.0... it is an operating
> system issue.
> 
> >> http://www.usb-2-0.com/what-is-usb-2-0.html
> >> 5. Will USB 2.0 improve the speed of other devices connected to My
> >> computer?
> >> No. In order to take advantage of the faster speeds, you must plug in
> >> a USB 2.0 device into a USB 2.0 compliant computer
> >> (or a computer that has been recently upgraded to USB 2.0). However,
> >> as USB 2.0 is fully backward compatible, you will be
> >> able to use a USB 1.1 device in a USB 2.0 compliant system.
> >
> >This does not say that a USB2 device will work on a USB1 machine.

-- 
Cheers,
Bev
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