Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:45:03 -0300 From: "Mark Dodel" Subject: [VOICENWS] HW: USB memory key problems SOLVED!! From: criguadaDESPAM at tin.it From a message posted on the ecomstation.support.hardware newgroup: --------------- Hi all, I just wanted to report this, because it is a GREAT SUCCESS! I have been trying for several months to get my USB key working under OS/2. If you look at a recent thread regarding USB memory sticks in this forum, you can see I have been trying EVERY possible solution without success. A few days ago Martin Kiewitz posted his MMPORTS package to hobbes, which is a way to transfer files to/from an USB-enabled CASIO watch. The package contains, amongst other files, an updates USBD.SYS, which uses a different hw detection scheme than the one used by IBM. More precisely: it uses the detection scheme used by M$ drivers (which - guess what? - is nonstandard). Once I put this updated USBD.SYS on my system and rebooted, suddenly eCS 1.1 (with the latest IBM USB drivers) recognized the device and attached it to a drive letter. I am confident that much more USB devices can be made to work with this updated driver. Now, if only IBM could be convinced to use the new detection scheme.... I understand (from Martin docs) that the detection scheme used by IBM is perfectly following the standard, so I guess they're not very happy to change it to follow an M$ non-standard, but they could at least use a new switch to change detection scheme at boot. I hope other people will have success like I had. Bye Cris -- Warpstock 2004, Denver, Colorado, October 21 - 24, 2004 http://www.warpstock.org Warpstock Europe 2004, Arnhem, The Netherlands, November 26-28th, 2004 http://www.warpstock.net [Moderator's note: All posts are sent without guarantee to the accuracy of the content. We try to verify details and URLs but this is an entirely volunteer run list, so 100% fact checking and the quality/useability of products announced here is impossible. If you respond to this post please remove the DESPAM from the poster's email addresses. Please do not send requests for information about a specific post to the moderator unless it is an update or I sent it.] -- To unsubscribe yourself from this list, send the following message to majormajor at os2voice.org unsubscribe news end Or, visit http://www.os2voice.org/MailingLists.html If you have an announcement you would like posted to the VOICE News list, please send it to submit at os2voice.org. Please include a valid reply address and a real contact name. If you wish to comment on this post, please reply to feedback at os2voice.org