USB Mass Storage

As an USB mass storage device, the BP300 is slow. It probably has a reasonable buffer because the first 10MB or so is fast (limited only by the USB 1.1 standard, 12MB/s). However, after the first 10MB, it becomes extremely slow. I suspect the flash memory is slow to write to.

If you use Windows (98SE and later), you don't need any extra drivers. With the included drivers, I was able to make my Windows 98 system recognize and use the device. If you use Linux, the usb-storage module doesn't fully work with this device yet. You can read files and delete files, but you cannot create new files. Fortunately, I run Windows 98 in a VMWare box under Linux on my notebook computer. I was able to go through Windows 98 in VMWare to upload files onto the BP300.

If you use the device as a flash drive, you don't even need to put in a battery!