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To: drew_m who wrote (16463)	11/5/2000 12:24:48 PM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Drew, I have used floppies and CF cards in the Kodak kiosks... ...in the past and never have had much trouble except for the cost. I believe most places are charging about $7.95 for an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet. Have you tried creating a CD where the photos reside inside a folder ["My Documents" or "Drew's Favorites"]? The booth may be configured to look for a folder on the CD rather than just naked *.jpg's or other picture formats. Some places have a CF adapter for patrons. If you ask the clerk to open up the front panel (there is usually a flip-up plastic door) you will see a type III PCMCIA slot with two stacked type II slots like you have on a laptop. Frequently the adapter is parked in one of these slots and more often than not only one of the slots is recognized by the kiosk. Good Luck, Aus

To: drew_m who wrote (16463)	11/5/2000 3:10:52 PM
From: Steve Lee	Respond to of 60323

Re Kiosks, I was in a Virgin music shop in the UK today. There was an MP3 kiosk there which seemed to be sponsored by a company called peoplesound.com (I haven't checked their site yet). The kiosk didn't seem to offer any way of downloading music but had a set of headphones and allowed you to listen to 1 of 20 MP3 tracks available. At first glance it just seemed to be there to create an awareness of MP3's and to encourage you to go home and visit the website. However, there was a slot in the machine. It looked slightly too large for CF cards and may have been for swiping credit cards, but there was no functionality in the Kiosk to order any kind of goods. There was a keyboard and the ability to enter your contact details to receive an info pack. I will have a closer look when I get more time for a longer visit. Next to the MP3 Kiosk were 3 more kiosks enabling you to purchase CD's, hi-fi's and a choice of 4 MP3 players. Nowhere was the word "CompactFlash" but I know all the MP3 players offered use CF cards. Anyone else seen or know about these machines?