Lisa,
I will answer your questions. First will be the question, then the answer.
1. If I backed up my files onto a flash card from the BN could these files
be retrieved on a PC using the flash card? In other words can flash cards be
inserted into PC's? If so do the PCS have to run Windows XP or are flash
cards compatible with Windows 98 or older? I ask because at work I don't
think our computers are running Windows XP. The files I would be concerned
with saving onto a flash card are for work.
You can't put CF cards in a desktop computer.
2. I would like to be able to maybe look into downloading MP3 files from
the Internet to a flash card. From reading the manual I gather that the
flash cards are put in the back slot of the BN. Is this correct? This
concerns me since I insert my Etheernet card in the back slot of my BN.
This would make downloading MP3's directly to the flash card impossible.
Maybe those CF cards are the answer.
You can insert the CF card in the back slot, or in the side slot with a
PCMCIA adapter.
3. When I upgraded to KS 6.11 I had trouble removing the flsh card. It was
in the back slot of the BN. It was easy to insert but almost impossible to
remove. I don't see one of those resessed buttons for that slot like I do
for the side slot.
You have to pull gently on the card to get the card out of the BN.
4. I've seen posts before about a flash card reader. Do I need to purchase
that in order to put information from my flash cards onto a PC?
Yes you need to purchase a card reader to put information from the card to
the PC.
5. When I back up my files onffo the flash card do they have to be saved in
Microsoft Word or some other format other than Keyword braille files to be
translated okay on the PC? I'd hate to save all of my files and have them be
jibberish once transfered to the PC.
If you are going to use a file on the PC, don't save it as a Keyword file,
becaue no software on the PC can read those files.
Matt Roberts
