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  • Hansoon
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    CF-Card for BH-C-353

    Can't find the thread anymore here about what type and/or brand of CF-Card is best for upgrading the older BH-C-253/353 series. Any advise please?

    Thanks

    Hans
    " Sent from my Intel 80286 using MS-DOS 2.0 "
  • Synaux
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    • Hansoon
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      Thanks, anyone else with recommendations please? That Sandisk CF-Card is not available here in Europe.

      Hans
      " Sent from my Intel 80286 using MS-DOS 2.0 "

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      • paulrid
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        Re: CF-Card for BH-C-353

        Have you checked out ebay? I still find plenty on there.
        Paul.

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        • Hansoon
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          There are Sandisk 128mb cards but not exactly the "Shoot&Store" one as Synaux mentioned.

          Hans
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          • paulrid
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            I've had a few off ebay 128mb & 256mb which all worked for me.
            Paul.

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            • Synaux
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              I bought a batch ~15 of em off ebay so I could have preloaded firmware for something stupid like $5.00 each.


              SanDisk Shoot Store 128 MB CompactFlash I Card Retail SDCFS 128 A99 619659024413 | eBay

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              • Synaux
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                Here is another one that has more time on it.
                This one ships in USA, but that is a somewhat generic item to fill out on Ebay when posting items. Send them a message asking if they ship to Europe

                There are plenty more, but for 3-4x more.

                SanDisk Shoot Store 128 MB CompactFlash I Card SDCFS 128 A10 New 619659022624 | eBay

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                • Hansoon
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                  Re: CF-Card for BH-C-353

                  Guys, I never had to load a CF card with firmware (I know, I know...) now I need the firmware for the c-253 to be transferred to my brand new CF-Card.

                  I have the Firmware Imaging Toolkit and firmware files as follows:

                  "C253.img" and also "C253 R6 Firmware.EXE"

                  The Imaging Toolkit is asking me either for files:

                  "Indexed Firmware File" or "Compressed Firmware Image File" or "Uncompressed Firmware Image File"

                  What to take please?

                  Hans

                  (PS Though I'm an old goat in the copier business do I feel very unsure about the firmware issue for these - for me very - problematic series of machines. Thanks for understanding)
                  " Sent from my Intel 80286 using MS-DOS 2.0 "

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                  • JR2ALTA
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                    I'll start you from scratch, just in case. This isn't the worst way to update firmware, but I admit it's not as easy as USB. You need a CF card and a couple backups. You cannot format in Windows. You must format inside the Toolkit and of course you need a card reader.

                    Firmware-

                    Run the R6 .exe it will extract files into a folder called "card_work" this is where the file is that the Toolkit needs.


                    Toolkit

                    Click Settings.

                    Select Advanced Features.

                    Click Format Card and format it

                    Click write firmware to a card, browse the "card_work" and it will select the tar.gz file

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                    • Synaux
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                      Re: CF-Card for BH-C-353

                      Originally posted by JR2ALTA
                      I'll start you from scratch, just in case. This isn't the worst way to update firmware, but I admit it's not as easy as USB. You need a CF card and a couple backups. You cannot format in Windows. You must format inside the Toolkit and of course you need a card reader.

                      Firmware-

                      Run the R6 .exe it will extract files into a folder called "card_work" this is where the file is that the Toolkit needs.


                      Toolkit

                      Click Settings.

                      Select Advanced Features.

                      Click Format Card and format it

                      Click write firmware to a card, browse the "card_work" and it will select the tar.gz file
                      What? Never format the CF card...

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                      • JR2ALTA
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                        Originally posted by Synaux
                        What? Never format the CF card...
                        Yea I've formatted it every time for the last 4 years. It can be formatted within the Toolkit, not Windows. That's why it's there.

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                        • Synaux
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                          Originally posted by JR2ALTA
                          Yea I've formatted it every time for the last 4 years. It can be formatted within the Toolkit, not Windows. That's why it's there.
                          Oh My bad. I suffer from selective reading sometimes...

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                          • Hansoon
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                            Re: CF-Card for BH-C-353

                            Tried today to install fresh firmware but obviously my card is wrong cause its shows following clumsy Japlish message in the display:

                            "Error. This is invalid card. Please make sure the card."

                            *sigh*

                            Firmware Imaging Toolkit is showing that its contains "Thames2" firmware and a long list of checksums.
                            Obviously can the machine not communicate with my card. I have a 256MB Transcend CF80 card. Other cards are hard to get. Will try to get one with 128MB.

                            Hans
                            " Sent from my Intel 80286 using MS-DOS 2.0 "

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