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Zio Smartmedia reader not working with Mac OS X 10.1.5.

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Paul Rybarczyk

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Jun 25, 2002, 12:17:02 AM6/25/02
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Hi. I've got an Olympus D490 camera (uses Smartmedia), and a Zio Card
reader. This all works great with my Dalmation iMac, but I can't get
it to work with my G4 TiBook.

Other USB peripherals work fine on the TiBook and the System Profiler
knows when the Zio is connected, but when I insert the Smartmedia card,
nothing mounts. On the Dalmation, just inserting the card causes it to
mount right away.

Both machines are running OS X 10.1.5. On the TiBook, I've also got an
iMate (USB to ADB adapter) driver and the driver for my ADB Kensington
Thinking Mouse (4 buttons). I suspect that one of these might be the
cause, but I don't know how to un-install them. The only thing I can
think to do is re-install OS X and then re-try the Zio before adding
any additional software. But I'm hoping there are better alternatives.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
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Paul Rybarczyk
Email: paul at rybarczyk dot net

BreadW...@fractious.net

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Jun 25, 2002, 12:55:06 AM6/25/02
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Paul Rybarczyk <pa...@REMOVETHISrybarczyk.net> writes:

> Both machines are running OS X 10.1.5. On the TiBook, I've also got an
> iMate (USB to ADB adapter) driver and the driver for my ADB Kensington
> Thinking Mouse (4 buttons). I suspect that one of these might be the

Did you install the Zio! driver? If not, go to Microtech's
website and get it.

The Zios don't (normally) work without drivers and, in fact,
they didn't exist for oS X for about a year after OS X came out.


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Paul Rybarczyk

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Jun 26, 2002, 1:16:38 AM6/26/02
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Good grief. Now I feel dumb. That was it! :-)

Since the Zio worked fine with no drivers on my Dalmation
starting with 10.1.2 or 10.1.3, I just assumed I didn't
need one.

Thanks again!
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Paul Rybarczyk
email: paul at rybarczyk dot net

Roger Eriksen

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Jun 26, 2002, 1:04:41 PM6/26/02
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Lexar makes a USB Smartmedia reader that has a built-in driver. Works for
both Windows and Macs (OS X & OS 9) without installing anything. I had to
switch from SanDisk because it did not work in OS X or Classic; had to
reboot in OS 9.

And it was about $20 at CompUSA.


Lexar website: www.digitalfilm.com

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