Re: [somewhat OT] New CompactFlash questions

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From: Andrew Webber (awebber_at_wwwebbers.com)
Date: Mon Sep 16 2002 - 16:23:52 EDT


On Sun, 15 Sep 2002 22:05:47 -0800, Jonathan Berry wrote:

>>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.

Thanks for confirming. Hope it didn't sound like I thought you
didn't know the difference, but mine shuts down and I just assumed
it was a battery saver. Wanted to make sure it was supposed to do
that.

>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.

It's annoying, I've figured maybe Windows Explorer was sitting on
it somewhere, I've tried closing all other windows and it still
doesn't do it. I just yank it. :)

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