Yeah, it's not fantastic. I've gotten two linux boxes working with wireless.
The madwifi drivers were horrific to set up; took me weeks. But Intel's ipw2100 drivers (which have been around for a while) were relatively easy.
Biggest bugbear has to be setting the correct WEP key.
It's not just the PIN you need.. you can also set the device to be discoverable, or hidden. It needs to be discoverable in order to pair with another device, but once that's done, you can set it to hidden and only the "paired" devices know it's there. Any other BT device won't be able to see it.
And you can't pair devices (except for some headset profiles) without exchanging a PIN.
Still not quite right, there... the capacity of a 74min Minidisc is about 160Mb - nowhere near enough space for uncompressed CD Audio (44.1kHz @ 16 bits), at least not 74mins worth.
Even at Standard Play speed (SP), you still need to apply compression to the sound to fit it all on the disc. The sound quality is pretty damn close to CD Audio - but still compressed.
I'm not aware of how to make either of my MD units (MZ-R55, MZ-N1) record uncompressed audio without the unit compressing it.
I think Sony do produce High-Density minidiscs that can store 650Mb, but I don't think commercially available players will read them.
Take a peek at the Minidisc FAQ [minidisc.org]
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Yeah, it's not fantastic. I've gotten two linux boxes working with wireless. The madwifi drivers were horrific to set up; took me weeks. But Intel's ipw2100 drivers (which have been around for a while) were relatively easy. Biggest bugbear has to be setting the correct WEP key.
I love these posts that compare recent Linux distributions to a five-year old version of Windows, and bitch that Windows doesn't support the hardware.
Shit, I bet y'all still complain that Windows 3.11 won't detect your shiny new gfx card either.
It's not just the PIN you need.. you can also set the device to be discoverable, or hidden. It needs to be discoverable in order to pair with another device, but once that's done, you can set it to hidden and only the "paired" devices know it's there. Any other BT device won't be able to see it. And you can't pair devices (except for some headset profiles) without exchanging a PIN.
Even at Standard Play speed (SP), you still need to apply compression to the sound to fit it all on the disc. The sound quality is pretty damn close to CD Audio - but still compressed.
I'm not aware of how to make either of my MD units (MZ-R55, MZ-N1) record uncompressed audio without the unit compressing it.
I think Sony do produce High-Density minidiscs that can store 650Mb, but I don't think commercially available players will read them. Take a peek at the Minidisc FAQ [minidisc.org]