[Diy_efi] Memory Sticks and WIN98SE

[David Allen]

  If the card is a "generic USB mass-storage device" there are free universal Win98SE drivers out there.  They allow it to recognize any storage device that XP will recognize.
  E-mail me off-list and I can send you the install file.
David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Washington" <bill.washington at nec.com.au>
To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 10:56 PM
Subject: [Diy_efi] Memory Sticks and WIN98SE


> Gents,
>    You can install an aftermarket USB card if your hardware does not 
> have a physical USB port, and download a (USB) driver from your memory 
> stick manufacturer for WIN98SE.
> Done it, works fine.
> Bill
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>> Subject:
>> Re: [Diy_efi] Haltech Data Logging
>> From:
>> "Ben P" <benof1987 at hotmail.com>
>> Date:
>> Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:10:51 +1000
>> To:
>> diy_efi at diy-efi.org
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>> To:
>> diy_efi at diy-efi.org
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>> well taking a screenshot of the data logging process in windows XP 
>> results in all of the data coming out in words (with the simple DOS 
>> borders coming out like ASCII art). I have since discovered that 
>> highlighting all of the 'picture' in microsoft word, converting it 
>> into a monospace text (courier new), and changing the size to 8 point 
>> (i think thats it anyway) results in an ASCII picture, with all 
>> relevant data in the appropriate columns. However taking a shot of 
>> anything with real graphics (like the bar graph tuning screen on 
>> haltech units) results in meaningless mumbo jumbo (same characters as 
>> opening the datalog files in text, maybe a link here?).
>>
>> Taking a screenshot in Windows 98 however results in a normal 
>> screenshot (i believe this is because windows XP runs a dos emulator 
>> in windows, rather than a visual version of dos, as 98 does). This 
>> really sucks because 98 can't use memory sticks, and the computer 
>> hooked up to the dyno doesnt have a cd burner. So i have to put it on 
>> floppy, which is a long forgotten (for good reason) art...
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>> however I still can't get the data to view in anything other than the 
>> haltech program.
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>> Is it possible to tell a dos program to 'print' to a .txt file instead 
>> of the actual printer? as this would allow me to select the relevant 
>> data and put it into a word document for ease of viewing.
>>
>> Tomorow I will have a shot at hotwiring DOS on the 98 machine to open 
>> the datalog file in its own text viewer, maybe that will come up with 
>> something.
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>> any ideas/clues?
>>
>> thanks
>> Ben
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