Re: digital cameras

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 16:46:15 -0800, The Real Bev
<[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.
>

It should come as no surprise that it would not work without the
drivers.  That's a far cry from your original statement.