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Re: Digital Camera Recommendations

d...@davenoise.co.uk (Dave Plowman (News)) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:17:16 UT

In article <8e7f99c450.ds...@freeuk.net>,
I have three card readers to cope with all the various types I have - and
they all work with the Unipod. Sadly, it ain't so good with things like
wireless keyboards.
Bought a Castle for the workshop RPC. That caused it to crash - a conflict
with either the SCSI card or IDE expansion one - can't remember. So sold

Re: Digital Camera Recommendations

n...@rjek.com (Rob Kendrick) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 23:32:15 UT

On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:32:39 +0000 (GMT)
Media card readers in 3.5" drive bay form-factor are readily available
from many retailers.
B.

Re: Digital Camera Recommendations

ds...@freeuk.com (David) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 23:22:56 UT

In message <20091204182052.35922...@trite .i.flarn.net.i.flarn.net>
The Castle USB board worked with nothing I tried (3 different card
readers). It will probably be different for the much more flexible
board from STD.
best wishes

Re: Digital Camera Recommendations

d...@davenoise.co.uk (Dave Plowman (News)) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 18:32:39 UT

In article <20091204182052.35922...@trite .i.flarn.net.i.flarn.net>,
I do have a Unipod - but doubt that would work with a floppy?
I've got a card reader that I use with it - but it would be nice to have
one built in rather than making the place look untidy. ;-)

Re: Digital Camera Recommendations

uce...@tiscali.co.uk (John Williams (News)) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 22:35:17 UT

In article <20091204213827.17074...@trite .i.flarn.net.i.flarn.net>,
recognise
Well - I'm glad to have stimulated a meaningful discussion between experts
in various areas!
I'm just amazed my CF card works the way it does under ADFS!
If DOSFS does do the trick, I will be very pleased to have suggested an

Re: Digital Camera Recommendations

n...@rjek.com (Rob Kendrick) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 21:38:27 UT

On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:02:20 +0000
Right, but does ADFS do this? And I imagine partition tables also get
in the way.
B.

Re: Digital Camera Recommendations

n...@druck.org.uk (druck) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 21:04:16 UT

Just about every modern camera will work directly via USB, and all will
work using a card reader, which is often far quicker.
---druck

Re: Digital Camera Recommendations

n...@druck.org.uk (druck) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 21:02:20 UT

It does, DOSFS will pick up a FAT formatted disc on any interface who's
driver calls the Vet format service when it doesn't the disc as being
Filecore format.
However it's limited to discs of up to 2GB.
You can get round that easily with a few lines of BASIC.
---druck

Re: Digital Camera Recommendations

n...@rjek.com (Rob Kendrick) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 20:21:53 UT

On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:07:29 +0100
I didn't think that RISC OS supported FAT-formatted IDE hard drives (or
rather, ADFS doesn't), only floppies and SCSI devices. Plus, it's not
hotswap, so you'd need to power down your computer when swapping it in
or out.
B.

Re: Digital Camera Recommendations

uce...@tiscali.co.uk (John Williams (News)) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 20:07:29 UT

In article <20091204182052.35922...@trite .i.flarn.net.i.flarn.net>,
But if I'm running an A7000+ with a CF card, why can't you use a [whatever
card your camera takes] adapter on the built in IDE. Even better with the
RISC OS 5 DOS module for accessing long filenames.
John

Re: Digital Camera Recommendations

n...@rjek.com (Rob Kendrick) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 18:20:52 UT

On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:14:05 +0000 (GMT)
They're normally just USB-attached.
B.

Re: Digital Camera Recommendations

d...@davenoise.co.uk (Dave Plowman (News)) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 18:14:05 UT

In article <908d6bc450.Alan.Ad...@laptop. adamshome.org.uk>,
That sounds cool. Don't suppose there's one which would work with an RPC,
is there?

Re: Digital Camera Recommendations

dhw...@talktalk.net (David H Wild) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 14:59:05 UT

In article <760964c450.D_L...@lakeview.de mon.co.uk>,
Why not use a card reader on the computer and then you can use whatever
camera seems best from the photographic point of view?

Re: Digital Camera Recommendations

a...@adamshome.org.uk (Alan Adams) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 15:01:06 UT

In message <760964c450.D_L...@lakeview.de mon.co.uk>
<snip>
Buy a card reader from CJE, and download from the card. It's less wear
and tear on the camera batteries, and its micro-USB connector, and
it's simpler to do.
You may even find the card works in the card reader built into the
floppy drive, if your model has one of those.

Re: Digital Camera Recommendations

fastn...@fast.mail.net (news) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 14:56:02 UT

In article <760964c450.D_L...@lakeview.de mon.co.uk>,
I have a Olympus 1020
[link]
7x optical zoom
Works well with a USB cable direct to the Iyonix.

Digital Camera Recommendations

d_l...@lakeview.demon.co.uk (David R Lane) — Fri, 12 Dec 2009 13:39:00 UT

Hi all camerapersons,
I need to buy a digital camera for my Wife for Christmas.
I need it to work with Nixiyo, my Iyonix PC, and, in particular,
it must be capable of storing its pictures in Nixiyo via USB.
Although Wifey has a machine with satan's own OS, I would like
the option of storing the pictures on Nixiyo.

Re: Free Bush "Internet Surf Set" IBX200

uce...@tiscali.co.uk (John Williams (News)) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 18:35:11 UT

In article <slrnhhg0ac.qeb.use...@greedy. zen175545>,
Those considering taking this to do something interesting with, please see:
[link]
John

Free Bush "Internet Surf Set" IBX200

use...@ollieclark.com (Ollie Clark) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 18:19:56 UT

I've got one of the above which I got off my local Freegle group. I
thought I'd get around to doing something interesting with it but it's
been sat in the box for a few years now so if anyone has any use for
it, I'd be happy for you to have it.
I was told it was working but I've never actually plugged it in. You'd

Re: Printer Definition for DMP-100C

uce...@tiscali.co.uk (John Williams (News)) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 15:39:14 UT

In article <426ed5c350.b...@ron1954.woosh .co.nz>,
Didn't the leads come with it? ;-)
John

Printer Definition for DMP-100C

b...@woosh.co.nz (Ron) — Thu, 12 Dec 2009 11:41:21 UT

I found this in riscos.com printers survey list.
Manufacturer: Houston Instruments (now Summagraphics or Calcomp)
Model: DMP-100C (1 meter wide vinyl cutting plotter)
PDF: !DrawHPGL (adapted to DMPL by me)
Originator: Ferdinand Oeinck
Status: Supplied by Oeinck 7/8 years ago (maybe X-Ample
Technology in the Netherlands represents him now)

Re: Will my R260 live again?

james.hol...@gmail.com (James Holtom) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 22:34:06 UT

On Dec 1, 2:07 am, Theo Markettos <theom+n...@chiark.greenend.or g.uk>
wrote:
Very sane advice, and thank you. But the only things connected are the
motherboard, ARM daughter-card, PSU, floppy-drive, video [and
sometimes keyboard]. And that's it.
This came about simply due to ripping bits off the machine in the

Re: Will my R260 live again?

james.hol...@gmail.com (James Holtom) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 22:23:11 UT

On Nov 30, 11:11 pm, Jules
Yeah -- I'd been thinking I grab the schematics and my continuity
meter -- that's going to be fun :-(
James

Re: I need to replace my printer

fastn...@fast.mail.net (news) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 15:28:32 UT

In article <970ad3c250.c.n....@virgin.net >,
PX = UK
TX = Australian market
800 = model
FW = Fax Wireless
Driver StPhTX800W Epson Stylus Photo TX800W

Re: I need to replace my printer

c.n....@virgin.net (Chris F) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 12:39:03 UT

In message <50c183e02cfastn...@fast.mail. net>
Which driver are you using? I've looked at
.../gutenprint/supported.html
and I don't see a TX800 mentioned.
I ask this because my local Curry's is doing a PX600FW which isn't
listed in Gutenprint either - although the PX700FW and PX800FW are.
I wnder what Epson and it's use of B, P, S and T is trying to tell me.

Re: Will my R260 live again?

theom+n...@chiark.greenend.org.uk (Theo Markettos) — Tue, 12 Dec 2009 02:07:10 UT

Can I suggest one other thing? When you start mucking around, first pull
the SCSI card (if it wasn't onboard - can't remember) and unplug the HD
power and data. You don't want to put it through more powerup/down cycles
than necessary.
Have you thought about imaging the SCSI drive on another machine (eg Linux),

Re: Will my R260 live again?

jules.richardsonn...@remove.this.gmail.com (Jules) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 23:11:19 UT

Urgh. I've seen batteries do horrible things to PCB traces. Sometimes
it's not obvious, either - the corrosion nukes the trace even when it
might look visually OK, and the affected area can be quite large. Checking
continuity's the only way to be sure, really (you can probably get away
with bridging damaged sections though, although visually it won't look

Re: Will my R260 live again?

james.hol...@gmail.com (James Holtom) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 22:44:01 UT

On Nov 29, 10:22 pm, Theo Markettos <theom
It's the ARM card.
It was about 12 years ago, so forgive my vagueness on quite how the
problem manifested itself. The ARM card has a 'female' plug, and from
inspection it looked as if the tensioner-contacts in the plug got
progressively slacker as you got closer to one end/edge, I surmised

Re: Will my R260 live again?

james.hol...@gmail.com (James Holtom) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 22:30:19 UT

Agreed -- bad idea.
I did have a dreadful thing that came with a BIOS-backup thing --
little better than a pair of tweezers, but I abused it (as a pair of
tweezers!), and subsequently lost it -- but I have a feeling I got
given a proper one a while back
*turns study upside-down*
Bingo!
*hauls PLCCs in/out a few times*

Re: I need to replace my printer

marthodg...@freeuk.com (Martin Hodgson) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 20:53:55 UT

In article <slrnhh79hi.uh9.use...@greedy. zen175545>,
[Snip]
Seconded. This printer really does give good results.
It /will/ print from RISC OS, using Gutenprint. The current version has an
'experimental' PDF, which actually works quite well.
The problem is that my Iyonix is very picky about just when it recognises

Re: I need to replace my printer

m...@daveandsylvia.plus.com (Dave) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 18:20:29 UT

In message <b3e400c250.Da...@dave.daveand sylvia.plus.com>
I'll try again...

Re: Will my R260 live again?

ch...@cjemicros.co.uk (Chris Evans) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 12:30:30 UT

In article <5297fd0f-b86e-492c-8110-9ba56 4060...@k17g2000yqh.googlegrou ps.com>,

It's worth reseating the PLCC ICs.
I have heard of people using two very small flat bladded screwdrivers to
remove the chips but I'd not recommend that especialy on such an old
computer.
we do an: PLCC IC Extraction Tool for ARM2/VIDC etc.

Re: I need to replace my printer

use...@ollieclark.com (Ollie Clark) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 11:02:10 UT

Well, I've been absolutely astounded with the quality of the Canon Pixma
ip4600 for photos. I don't think it can be driven directly from RO but
it's great from Linux and Windows and I wouldn't fancy printing a 12MP
photo from RO anyway. I honestly can't tell the difference between photos
I print on it and ones I used to get professionally done.

Re: I need to replace my printer

use...@ollieclark.com (Ollie Clark) — Mon, 11 Nov 2009 10:54:27 UT

news wrote:
Please do. You gave some useful advice. Ignore people who whine
about your grammer and spelling, especially when they make mistakes
in their whinge.
Cheers,
Ollie

Re: Will my R260 live again?

theom+n...@chiark.greenend.org.uk (Theo Markettos) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 22:22:47 UT

Is that the ARM daughterboard, or the RAM cards? I can't see how either
would make it fail a selftest.
Both the above could be a dead IOC. VIRQ is routed through IOC, so if IOC
is bad it might not function. I'd try reseating that first, and if not
replacing it. Do you have another machine you can swap it with?

Re: I need to replace my printer

m...@daveandsylvia.plus.com (Dave) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 22:23:41 UT

In message <50137dc150....@binit.thesandf ords.me.uk>
My R300 is a usb printer and will not work with my USBpod even though
I have downloaded the Gutenprint drivers.I had everyone trying stuff
on here to help but that was the conclusion.
Dave.

Will my R260 live again?

james.hol...@gmail.com (James Holtom) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 17:54:32 UT

Just before ripping my R260 to bits, in order to swap out the
alarmingly crusty battery, and replace the SCSI drive with compact-
flash (via a SCSI-IDE, and IDE-CF adaptor), I figured I should recover
the CMOS settings to disc, so I'd be able to get RISC iX booting
easily again...
And of course it won't start. Admittedly it hasn't been used a great

Re: I need to replace my printer

fastn...@fast.mail.net (news) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 15:06:35 UT

In article <50c1c7f2fdbric-nos...@argonet .co.uk>,
I will not bother again.

Re: I need to replace my printer

bric-nos...@argonet.co.uk (Brian Carroll) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 12:01:42 UT

In article <50c183e02cfastn...@fast.mail. net>, news
[Snip]
How about a spot of punctuation, and possible even
spell-checking? A name would be nice too.
Brian.

Re: I need to replace my printer

b...@woosh.co.nz (Ron) — Sun, 11 Nov 2009 00:19:53 UT

In message <d3e362c150.c.n....@virgin.net >
I have an Epson R230(R220) with a continuous ink system fitted.
I recently pulled the covers off to investigate paper feed problems.
I found a piece of blister pack the previous owner had dropped,
and it had wedged in, out of sight.
While the covers were off, I noticed there is a huge absorbant

Re: I need to replace my printer

fastn...@fast.mail.net (news) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 23:38:09 UT

In article <d3e362c150.c.n....@virgin.net >,
[Snip]
Well I can recommend the Epson Stylus Photo TX800FW works well with
Gutenprint for RISC OS including printing to DVD's scanning work well to
with Ian Hamilton's MFPxEpson software shows ink levels as well.

Re: I need to replace my printer

chrisjohnson+n...@spamcop.net (Chris Johnson) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 21:54:36 UT

In article <175572c150.Da...@dave.daveand sylvia.plus.com>,
There is a Gutenprint driver for that printer, so you could print
direct from RISC OS.

Re: I need to replace my printer

fornewsgro...@ntlworld.com (John Sandford) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 22:23:53 UT

In message <175572c150.Da...@dave.daveand sylvia.plus.com>
[snip]
Thats wrong. The Epson R300 has a driver for Risc OS with Guten-Print
which works far better quality than a Uniprint bitmap print out.
John

Re: I need to replace my printer

doug.j.w...@btinternet.com (Doug Webb) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 21:41:47 UT

I have a Epson Dx8400 printer/scanner and copier that works well with my
Iyonix using Ian Hamilton's MFPxEpson application which also takes care
of the scanning as well.
[link]

Re: I need to replace my printer

m...@daveandsylvia.plus.com (Dave) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 20:26:32 UT

In message <d3e362c150.c.n....@virgin.net >
I have had an Epson R300 colour printer for 3 years now and it hasn't
missed a beat.It will not print from Risc OS but it does through
Uniprint and quality is good. Knowing Epson though, newer machines
will give better quality.Photo real is really good.
Friends don't tell friends 'Use Windows'

Re: I need to replace my printer

dhw...@talktalk.net (David H Wild) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 19:40:41 UT

In article <d3e362c150.c.n....@virgin.net >,
I have an Espon SX600FW which I bought from John Lewis a couple of months
ago. So far, I am pleased with it.

I need to replace my printer

c.n....@virgin.net (Chris F) — Sat, 11 Nov 2009 17:37:52 UT

The smoke has finally escaped from my Canon pixma ip4000.
It never worked properly with the Iyo - streaky prints and even colour
substitution with !Draw - (although it did well from XP) but I don't
think I've had my moneys-worth.
I like taking photos and want to replace the thing with something of
good quality. I also have a need for a scanner/photocopier and I think

Re: Desktop FM - Raymond Datalink

theom+n...@chiark.greenend.org.uk (Theo Markettos) — Fri, 11 Nov 2009 02:17:01 UT

I'm guessing, but it's quite possible that these podules are controlled over
I2C. So, if you can't find the original software, it would only need a line
or two of BASIC to control the vital parameters (frequency, volume, etc).
It would just need a few calls to SYS "IIC_Control".
Theo

Re: Desktop FM - Raymond Datalink

new...@avisoft.f9.co.uk (Martin) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:57:29 UT

On 24 Nov, in article <q7GOm.7$9h...@newsfe08.ams2>,
I suspect that Raymond Datalink = Yellowstone ??

Re: What's the latest?

bhtoo...@gmail.com (Eric Rucker) — Tue, 11 Nov 2009 05:01:42 UT

Also, there's a whole slew of ARM-based hardware coming out that may
be even better than the Beagle, for RISC OS 5.

Desktop FM - Raymond Datalink

step...@barriball.co.uk (Stephen Barriball) — Tue, 11 Nov 2009 00:52:38 UT

Looking into this I think this card is actually a Yellowstone DeskFM
card, if anyone has the software for this can they please send me a
copy.
Cheers
Stephen