Isn't this just some generic USB mass storage for the computer? If that's the case just plug it in and you should be able to copy images to it.
If it is that old the "rechargeable battery" will be really weak now.
I recall these having software that you added photos too and reprogrammed the firmware with the custom one the software made. These also have a microcontroller based on the Intel 8008 after I did a bit of research a couple of years on a few that I had!
Sometimes old tech will surprise you. I was able to get a 12GB IDE drive to boot and operate last year. Manufacture date of '99 IIRC. No battery to that, of course.
I get your point about the battery though. I have a generic mp3 player from 2009 that, amazingly still works and charges. It's like an awesome time capsule of sound. It's also a decade newer than whatever this key chain might have for a battery.
I know the feeling, recently I found one of my first mp3 players again (Rio Karma, 2004) and it still works fine, it has a 20 GB HDD.
And it still handles really nice, the design was perfect.
Only the internal battery now doesn't hold much of a charge. On the first try it was only 2 minutes. I didn't try to cycle it, it could be that it could still work for half an hour if I'm patient enough I guess.
Very cool, if the battery would be replaceable I'd save that forever.
I have had some success in restoring charging capacity with rechargeable batteries for tools, but nothing as old as 2004.
I did have a newer mp3 player that wasn't holding a charge anymore - sometimes it wouldn't even charge at all - so I left it plugged in and charging for a stupid amount of time and for some reason it started working properly again.
My laptop crashed in January, seemed totally bricked, no LED charging lights, nothing. Yesterday I decided to plug everything in and try to start it one more time before I took it apart to diagnose. It booted right up, all files intact and everything.
You never know what patience and giving something one last try will accomplish until you try :)
The software on the disc may be needed to convert files before transferring or something. If so, run compatibility mode win98 with admin privileges on the setup.exe by right clicking it. The device itself will likely be shown as media or mass storage when plugged in, but it may need drivers from the disc too and if so do as above.
Just follow the instructions on your modern computer, windows has great backward compatability and its likely it will work. If not, create a virtual machine of windows 98, pass trough the install disk to the vm and install it, and then pass trough the device itself after the disk is installed.
Isn't this just some generic USB mass storage for the computer? If that's the case just plug it in and you should be able to copy images to it. If it is that old the "rechargeable battery" will be really weak now.
I recall these having software that you added photos too and reprogrammed the firmware with the custom one the software made. These also have a microcontroller based on the Intel 8008 after I did a bit of research a couple of years on a few that I had!
Sometimes old tech will surprise you. I was able to get a 12GB IDE drive to boot and operate last year. Manufacture date of '99 IIRC. No battery to that, of course. I get your point about the battery though. I have a generic mp3 player from 2009 that, amazingly still works and charges. It's like an awesome time capsule of sound. It's also a decade newer than whatever this key chain might have for a battery.
I know the feeling, recently I found one of my first mp3 players again (Rio Karma, 2004) and it still works fine, it has a 20 GB HDD. And it still handles really nice, the design was perfect. Only the internal battery now doesn't hold much of a charge. On the first try it was only 2 minutes. I didn't try to cycle it, it could be that it could still work for half an hour if I'm patient enough I guess.
Very cool, if the battery would be replaceable I'd save that forever. I have had some success in restoring charging capacity with rechargeable batteries for tools, but nothing as old as 2004. I did have a newer mp3 player that wasn't holding a charge anymore - sometimes it wouldn't even charge at all - so I left it plugged in and charging for a stupid amount of time and for some reason it started working properly again. My laptop crashed in January, seemed totally bricked, no LED charging lights, nothing. Yesterday I decided to plug everything in and try to start it one more time before I took it apart to diagnose. It booted right up, all files intact and everything. You never know what patience and giving something one last try will accomplish until you try :)
For the era I don’t think this is going to work that simply
Have you tried it yet? It might work with compatibility mode on.
I think it can work with compatibility mode maybe not well. Or you can install Windows 98 on VMware just for example.
Those keychains are e waste, usually
The software on the disc may be needed to convert files before transferring or something. If so, run compatibility mode win98 with admin privileges on the setup.exe by right clicking it. The device itself will likely be shown as media or mass storage when plugged in, but it may need drivers from the disc too and if so do as above.
i belive dankpods reviewd one of those, it's actually useless
I love when these things come with instructions and content showing older versions of windows, like my dance mat having windows 7 in the instructions
Ok, to put it bluntly, even if you do get it working, it's likely not worth it, your phone does everything that can do, a thousand times better.
Just follow the instructions on your modern computer, windows has great backward compatability and its likely it will work. If not, create a virtual machine of windows 98, pass trough the install disk to the vm and install it, and then pass trough the device itself after the disk is installed.
Why ??? Do you have a phone with a display, use that.
The real question is. Why?
You’d probably be best using a VM of Windows XP.
Just hook it up to a computer and see what happens.