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Drivers for the Y-E Data External PCMCIA Floppy Disk Adapter N50
that was shipped with Sony Camcorder(s). Per Peter Rejto, the
PCMCIA card was without drivers or adaquate documentation.
For general reference, I have included our EMail correspondances.


Subject: Re: PCMCIA to floppy adapter for Sony camcorder.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 13:00:13 -0500
From: Peter Rejto & Nicole Divall
To: JAMES WEBSTER

Hey Jim,

Thought I'd share the good news! I wrote an e-mail message to
Y-E Data in Japan and they actually sent me the drivers for another
product that they make called "FlashBuster" that looks identical to
the adapter that I have. The drivers work fine in my laptop!
Again, thanks for your help!

Peter

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Subject: Re: PCMCIA to floppy adapter for Sony camcorder.
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 20:49:42 -0500
From: Peter Rejto & Nicole Divall
To: JAMES WEBSTER

Jim,

I really appreciate your efforts, and I do agree that it is really
quite pathetic of Sony to supply such a potentially useful item and
then refuse to let the owner of an extremely expensive camera get
the fullest potential from the device!

It occurs to me that the driver for the Accurite product (which is
essentially the same as the Sony product - at least in function)
might work. Unfortunately Accurite does not provide a driver on their
web site. The product does ship with a floppy containing the drivers.
I wonder how I might get them to experiment? Anyway, it is a real shame
because the Sony unit would be far easier to travel with than the bulky
parallel non-hot swapable floppy adapter that came with the Chembook!
Thanks again for your efforts!

Happy holidays!

Peter


At 11:52 AM 12/27/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Peter,
>
> I have had no luck in finding what you need yet, but
>I do want to rely to you what I do have. I find it rather
>pathetic that Sony did not provide adaquate documentation
>or drivers with the PCMCIA card. What a waste of money on
>their part. And ultimately, the consumers.
> http://www.sel.sony.com/SEL/
> At the above URL, scroll down and use the Search Box
>with the keyword: pcmcia . Since you are more familiar
>with what you have than I, maybe one of these hits will
>warrent some type of useful information. Neither "n50"
>nor "fa-p1" turn up anything useful.
> http://www.chemusa.com/techsupp.html
> The above URL is Tech Support Main for your PC.
> http://www.chemusa.com/chembook/6000/6000spec.html
> The above URL is the Specs on your computer. And it
>does support PCMCIA. Which is what I was wanting to
>make sure of, for myself.
> http://www.chemusa.com/chembook/6000/6000ftp.html
> The above URL contains the most current drivers for
>your particular model number. There appears to be no
>current/updated PCMCIA drivers.
> http://www.chemusa.com/links.html
> The above URL is just a FYI.
> Jim Webster at The DriverZone.
>
>Peter Rejto & Nicole Divall wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jim,
>>
>> Thanks for replying to me! The Sony Camera documentation
>> says " The floppy disk adapter is designed for use only
>> with this camcorder. The adapter is not warranted to
>> function properly if used with other equipment." In case
>> there is any confusion in your mind as to what this
>> product is it is a PCMCIA card attached to a floppy
>> drive by a short cable. It is very similar to a product
>> I found on the web made by Accurite called "travel floppy."
>> The Sony model number of the part is FA-P1, or Floppy Disk
>> Adapter N50. As I said in my first message when I put the
>> PCMCIA card into my laptop I get a message saying something
>> to the effect of "looking for driver for Y-E-External FDD.
>> Of course, no software was provided by Sony. The notebook
>> I'm using is a Chembook 6000 (same as Asus 6300).
>> It is a P-II 266...
>>
>> Thanks again
>>
>> Peter
>>
>> At 09:49 PM 12/25/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>> Peter,
>>>
>>> What does the (Sony) documentation say about this adapter?
>>> What is the exact NameBrand, ModelName, ModelNumber of your
>>> notebook? Thanks!
>>> Jim Webster at The DriverZone. [2412]
>>>
>

	Filename	Size	Readme	O.S.	Description
	ye-data.zip	86KB	ye-data.htm		Drivers for the Y-E Data External PCMCIA Floppy Disk Adapter N50 that was shipped with Sony Camcorder(s)