Caution(s) to Sony MD users:
I have been using a Sony MZ-R90 for field recording for a couple
years now, and encountered a new difficulty on a recent trip.
After inserting the "collection" disc I've been using (heretofore my
method has been to use a disc until it's nearly full, then save it
with all its original data), the message "DISC ERR" appeared in the
recorder window. Consulting the owner's manual, I find that this
message means "disc damaged or does not contain proper recording or
editing data". The blithely offered solution: re-record. (!!!)
Of course I'll back up religiously in the future, especially after a
valuable and unrepeatable session. For the present though, I'm not
sure whether the problem is with the disc or the MZ-R90. I'm not
aware of any damage to the disc. Anybody had this problem before? Is
the data on the disc somehow accessible? I'll also post my query to
the MD list.
Other problems I've encountered with this otherwise great unit:
2)If you don't "end-search" before pressing "record" , the
disc is erased. Most users soon become aware of this risk.
3)The battery door opens accidently and spills that $50
battery out.
Best regards,
David
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:22:21 2005
Message: 4
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 16:08:59 -0500
From: Walter Knapp <>
Subject: Re: Re: Processors vs price
"Brian M. Godfrey" wrote:
> Actually, you can just click on it and edit in Windows, too. It
> still might not be as easy as the Mac (I hate Windows, though I continue
> to use it because it's too much hassle and expense to change.) What you
> do is click on it once to select it, wait a second, then click on it one
> more time and wait another second. This highlights the name and you can
> edit it. The timing of the clicks does matter, but once you've got it
> down it's easy and doesn't require menu selections or function keys. It
> is true that you must click once more to place your cursor if you want
> to change just part of the name. Otherwise you will overtype the
> highlighted name when you start typing.
When I try this, what usually happens is that windows opens it instead.
Clearly timing is everything. I tried that first, I'll have to go and
experiment with the timing some more. And I know I tried varying the timing.
>
> Yup, and then Microsoft realized Mac was better and started changing
> Windows to work more like a Mac. Maybe by the next century they'll have
> it down. It must be pointed out, in all fairness, that Mac had a big
> headstart. The early development of these windowed operating systems
> grew out of a Xerox research project in object-oriented programming
> during the 1970s. After initial research, a consortium was formed in
> 1980 (if I remember correctly) with Xerox, Tektronix, Apple,
> Hewlett-Packard, and Digital Equipment Corp (DEC) contributing to
> serious development. Apple is the only one of the consortium to come
> out with a commercially successful model - first the Lisa and then the
> MacIntosh. I used a Tektronix "Magnolia" system in 1983 and it was
> pretty nice. Microsoft came along much later and just hacked out a
> crude facsimile of a windowed, object-oriented OS which they were able
> to sell cheaply to the masses and overrun the world. Their unhappy
> customers (and probably internal maintenance headaches) have forced them
> to adopt more and better implementations as time has passed. Too bad
> they couldn't have just done it right in the first place like Apple did.
And I still have my Lisa, though it's no longer set up.
A good part of the good mac interface got messed up with their new Unix
OS, OSX. And it's pretty clear the unix folks now in charge at apple
don't even understand it's messed up. They need to read the book I mentioned.
So it's even more necessary that MS complete their copying of the mac
OS. Right now, the "good" mac OS is going away with no sign the
replacement will ever be fixed. Sigh.
Walt
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>From Tue Mar 8 18:22:21 2005
Message: 5
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 22:02:25 -0000
From:
Subject: Re: Processors vs price
--- In Walter Knapp <> wrote:
> "Brian M. Godfrey" wrote:
>
> > Actually, you can just click on it and edit in Windows, too.
It
> > still might not be as easy as the Mac (I hate Windows, though I
continue
> > to use it because it's too much hassle and expense to change.)
What you
> > do is click on it once to select it, wait a second, then click
on it one
> > more time and wait another second. This highlights the name and
you can
> > edit it. The timing of the clicks does matter, but once you've
got it
> > down it's easy and doesn't require menu selections or function
keys.
Hasn't anybody realized that all they need to do is right-click the
stupid file name? "Rename" is one of the options that will
automatically pop up...type the name and you're done. I hate Windows
too but you guys are making this harder than it really is.
dave
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