[wplug] sony NetMD

[J Aaron Farr]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanco, Don [mailto:don.vanco at agilysys.com]
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org
>
> >Sometime in October Ryan Schuster assaulted the keyboard and produced:
> >
> >| Hey y'all,
> >|
> >| Any of you know of any way that I can hook up? A sony
> >| Net MD Walkman MZ-NE410.  I'm running a fresh
> >| installation of redhat 9.
> >|
> >| Any help or links would be greatly appreciated.


A simple Google search will turn up all sorts of anwers:

  http://www.pdr.cx/projects/gnetmd/main/

  http://www.minidisc.org/NetMD_faq.html


> >What does it look like in windows?
> Sony applies some kind of Nazi-Ware to rule the content of these things
> with an Iron Fist.  IMO - there's nothing you can do outside of Windoze,
> but if someone has seen anything let me know as well... my car MD (an
> Alpine JP import) has the same stuff on the memory stick slot it
> contains.....

It's called MagicGate and yes, it is evil.  But there are ways to
circumvent it.

jaaron