Hi, Karen and List Please forgive me if this sounds silly. I just got my MPower two days ago, though I'd owned a Classic BT for a few years before that. Could you not open a large file if you connect the unit to a PC and use Windows Explorer? Might this not be faster for large files and folders?
Just a thought. Cheers Kylee ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:49 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] STRANGE MPOWER QUIRKS > Hi Carol and list, > This is just the kind of exchange I was looking for when I posed this issue. The size of my folder is 97.5 megabytes. See, I told you it was huge. Yours is small in comparison, so yes, I would give it time to open. Do let us know if inserting the network card in the compact flash card slot makes a difference. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Carol Pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected] > >Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:52:03 +0000 > >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] STRANGE MPOWER QUIRKS > > >Karen, > > >I sure am interested! > > >First, I have tried all ways to get into a folder containing 1,193 HTML > >files and concluded this is not possible. The total size of the folder > >containing these files is approx 7.6 MB. Now, I've never waited five > >minutes and always given up after about two! I'd be interested > >therefore if you have a folder of comparative size and consider it's > >worth my giving it a try with a longer time. (I just concluded it > >wasn't possible, with probable Windows/memory restrictions.) > > >If this is too large, tell me how large a folder you have and I'll > >reproduce it and work with the network card both in and out of the back > >socket. > > > >-- > >Carol > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karen > >McDonald > >Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:20 AM > >To: Braillenote List > >Subject: [Braillenote] STRANGE MPOWER QUIRKS > > > >If you don't have an MPower, feel free to delete this message, because > >you > >probably won't be interested, much less able to answer my queries. > >However, > >if you wish to read on, go ahead! > > >I have written to Jonathan and Dean about this, but I haven't heard from > > >Dean, and Jonathan doesn't really have an answer. I'm mostly looking > >for > >folks who just might have had this experience. > > >I have a folder on my 256 meg compact flash card that has several > >hundred > >books on it. It's huge, believe me. When I go in to the folder and > >press > >the space bar to get to the list of files, it takes over five minutes to > >get > >to the list if my wireless network card is unplugged or if another > >compact > >card is plugged in to the back slot. I usually keep this particular > >card in > >the side slot. Now, here's what's strange. When I plug the network > >card in > >to the slot, it takes about half the time to get to the list of files in > >the > >folder. Thinking that perhaps this folder was corrupt, I tried erasing > >it > >after backing up all the files, and I was told that "this network > >request is > >not supported" or something akin to that. I reset the unit and was then > > >able to erase the folder. I created the folder again, put all the files > > >back and got the same results when going in to the folder as mentioned > >above. Now if you all aren't totally confused, what are your thoughts? > > >Karen > > > > >___ > >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > >-- > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/162 - Release Date: > >05/11/2005 > > > >-- > >No virus found in this outgoing message. > >Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/165 - Release Date: > >09/11/2005 > > > > >___ > >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/165 - Release Date: 9/11/2005 > >
