A few years back Nikon released a very cool 12 megapixel stepping camera, called the DXM-1200. The camera was reliable and a nice product for many years. Unfortunately the march of time made a dent in this camera. The system, like many others, relied upon a proprietary PCI card for transfer of image data to the PC. This reliance required that the PCI card was happy living inside whatever computer the customer had.
As time continued the card moved from the “most current” to not functioning with newer chipsets. As problems began to appear with the chipsets more and more people found that they would buy a nice new computer for their imaging system, only to discover the camera would not work with it! In an effort to reduce this Nikon produced a few documents describing what the cameras do and don’t like in terms of PC chipsets & hardware. Hopefully these will help a few of my customers avoid this issue!
For the DXM-1200 and DXM-1200F check these FAQ’s: