From: Jonathan Berry (jberry_at_islandnet.com)
Date: Mon Sep 16 2002 - 02:05:47 EDT
>>
>>OTOH, the Radio Shack NiMH cells have been very reliable
>>and long-lasting. And they fit firmly in the carrier.
>>I think there might be microscopic differences in length
>>between the various brands, which might be a factor when
>>you need to maintain electrical contact! With other
>>batteries, I have occasionally found that the camera
>>turns itself off.
>
>Good things to consider, although doesn't it shut itself off after
>a certain period of inactivity, by design?
Yes, but that is not what I was referring to.
> Also sometimes
>it will start complaining that device X: [whatever] cannot be
>stopped. I pull it anyway.
Means it's in use by some application--often trivially, like
a program manager viewing a directory on the device. It's a
Win2K annoyance.
-- cheers Jonathan Berry http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/ to know more than you want
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