This HOWTO was created in an attempt to document installation of a Kodak DC-265 Camera.
Revision History:
October 8, 2000--
IrDA support (This is not for the faint of heart and is only tested with a DC-265 but should also work with a DC-290 and maybe others with IrDA support)
October 4, 2000--
Many updates, contacted Kodak for permission to include some copywritten information, etc. etc.
August 22, 2000--
Conversion to DocBook DTD from LinuxDoc DTD as a lot of the HOWTOs are already converted
April 23, 2000--
Updated OpenDIS for IrDA support (CVS Version)
Fixed spelling goof s/shudder/shutter/ (Thanks Patrick!)
February 20, 2000--
Major clean up of general issues
Addition and rearrangement of sections
Additional mailing list and web resources added
February 17, 2000--
Major revision with lots of changes...
Updated for new backport and devel kernels
Rearranged for easier reading and flow
Updated for new OpenDiS release and the Python script.
January 18, 2000--
TODO added
Removal of kernel 2.2.13 section due to new USB backport release for 2.2.14. Replaced with a section for kernel 2.2.14. Please view previous HOWTO versions for information regarding older kernels
Removal of kernel 2.3.36 section due to newer developmental kernels, replaced with kernel 2.3.39. Please view previous HOWTO versions for information regarding older kernels.
Added a section detailing use of a Compact Flash PC Card Adapter
January 9, 2000--
Document modified for release of OpenDiS 0.0.3-pre6
January 4, 2000--
Support for DC-265 under kernels 2.2.13, 2.2.14, and 2.3.35 via USB draft completed.
History written
FAQ started
Background written
Lots of other fun stuff
January 3, 2000--
Initial research and work done to start writing HOWTO and thus it was born.
New versions of this HOWTO will be available on http://www.marblehorse.org/projects/documentation/kodak/. Copies of this HOWTO will be provided in a number of formats, including SGML, HTML and ASCII text. The authoritative master of this document will be the SGML-formatted copy.
October 8, 2000--
v0.0.10 released (public)
February 20, 2000--
v0.0.7 released (public)
v0.0.6 released (non-public)
February 17, 2000--
v0.0.4 released and v0.0.5 released (non-public)
January 18, 2000--
v0.0.3 released (non-public)
January 9, 2000--
v0.0.2 released (non-public)
January 4, 2000--
v0.0.1 released (non-public)
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