>I already uploaded/upgraded my daughter's Optio 230 firmware by putting a specific file on the Compact Flash card and then doing a certain bootup sequence that instructed the camera to load and execute the upgrade.
--- >Bruce So definitely not impossible. Although slightly higher level programming than doing databases (i.e. it would be beyond me) ;-). But some people are used to programming firmware. Maybe you being one of them. Be interesting to see what develops along these lines concerning the *istD, huh? Marnie aka Doe :-) PDML - Pentax Developers' Mailing List. Hehehehe.