Hi, As I said a while back, there will always be the 2gb limit on the file size under FAT32 (i.e, using the current schema of 1 audio file per book). I don't see any reason why the PTR1 couldn't address up to the FAT32 limmit of 40-50 GB, though, on such a card. I do however, think that we need to address in the short term the issue of splitting that audio file up if at all possible on these types of media, and then in the long term looking at NTFS or another filing system to get round the 40 gb barrier if we ever get cards over that size.
Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Guido Corona [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 April 2004 15:44 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: how big a micro drive will the ptr handle? John, check the size of your Toshiba drive on your PC, you may see that it is less than 5GB in size. The 2GB PTR1 limitation, is not so much a limitation on the amount of disk space PTR1 can use, but rather a single file size limitation and an error in disk usage reporting. So, the max file size on PTR1 is 2GB, and if there is more than 2GB of free space on the Toshiba drive, PTR1 will still tell you you have only 2GB of free space. But if you keep adding books on the drive, you will see that PTR1 can address all free space on disk. The June firmware release will address the reporting problem, but I am not sure if it can fix the max file size limitation, as that is a FAT32 design constraint. Guido bytes, Guido D. Corona IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx. IBM Research, Phone: (512) 838-9735 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit my weekly Accessibility WebLog at: http://www-3.ibm.com/able/weblog/corona_weblog.html "John Mattioli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/27/2004 09:13 AM Please respond to ptr1-users To <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc Subject RE: how big a micro drive will the ptr handle? Guido, Toshiba made a 5GB micro drive on a PC card. They're a bit hard to find these days but I did manage to purchase one. I think I found mine at www.gooddealpc.com for about $150. My understanding is that the current PTR1 firmware (or rather my currently installed PTR1 firmware wich is 1.12) can only access 2GB of this drive but that the upcoming June release will fix this problem. John -----Original Message----- From: Guido Corona [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 9:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how big a micro drive will the ptr handle? I know of no microdrive packaged in a PCMCIA card or a compact-flash card larger than 4GB. Toshiba has some 10 and 20GB 1.8 inch drives, but they are sold only as OEM products, for imbedding into portable devices. You can't purchase one and stick it into PTR1. Do you have differing information about the subject? Guido Guido D. Corona IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx. IBM Research, Phone: (512) 838-9735 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit my weekly Accessibility WebLog at: http://www-3.ibm.com/able/weblog/corona_weblog.html "mdl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/23/2004 06:25 PM Please respond to ptr1-users To <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc Subject how big a micro drive will the ptr handle? anyone know if the plextalk can work with micro drive cards that are bigger than 5 gig e.g. i hear you can buy ones that are 10 or 20 gig. any experience out there with these? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
