It is not Pentax *istDS it's just no USB-device support under Windows
98. I had the same problem with my friends PC and webcam.
You need either Windows 2000 or Windows XP with USB support. You won't
get neither *istDS nor any other USB device to work under Windows 98.
Please read knowledge base article from the Microsoft
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q240075/
Regards,
Roman.
Forget Windows, go Linux
http://www.debian.org/
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Hiya. My DS just arrived yesterday. Still reading the manual and playing with
the cam. I had a 'surprise'. When I tried to install the software in my
computer which runs on Windows 98, I simply couldn't do it. It didn't bothered
me much. It got worse, though.
I plugged the camera and, at first, the system does recognise the existence of
the Pentax *ist DS, but cannot install the drivers. I tried Microsoft, tried
Pentax, but all software I found was related to newer versions of Windows. Any
suggestions? I thought of buying a card reader, sounded the most reasonable
solution for I do not feel like updating my computer at the moment.
About the camera so far, looks insteresting and promising. It's my first digital slr, feels a bit odd, but so far so good. Still learning all the functions and everything. One thing I miss is certainly all the dials available on the body, instead of through lcd menus, but looks like I'll have to deal with that. Maybe I am just an old fart, but hey, who the heck said that old dogs can't learn new tricks? ;)
Cheers
LP
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