Hi Chuck, The SM is formatted as FAT12 - I've checked the hex structure
of the good 32Mb card and the "bad" 64Mb card and I don't see any
difference. I'm really baffled as to why the Oly doesn't want to format
or recognize this card. As I stated earlier, I've read on the Internet
that F*ji digitals often have the same problem.
Jim Caldwell
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chuck Norcutt
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 6:49 PM
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Subject: Re: [OM] Smartmedia - was A quick E-1 poll
Wish I knew what's wrong to cause the 64 MB format compatibility
problem. I thought at first that the camera might be using a 12-bit FAT
(ala floppy disk) and non-standard 16 KB cluster size to reach 64 MB
whereas Windoze would choose a 16-bit FAT and 4 KB cluster size. If
that were true though I don't think Windoze could read the camera's
format just as the camera seems unable to recognize the Windoze format.
These kinds of stories are not uncommon though and any of us using
digital storage media should probably understand what's going on. The
answer is undoubtedly out there in the ether somewhere and I will report
back if I find out what it is. Anyone got the definitive answer
already?
Chuck Norcutt
Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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