The .dat files are either program files or possibly language files for the unit to speak the folder names and menu items

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeff Kenyon 
  To: [log in to unmask] 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 9:47 PM
  Subject: off topic convinced and sold!


  Hi everyone, well I took my Olympia Recorder, adn made a very long
  recording of an event this afternoon, and I told the person who sold me
  the unit I would believe it when I see it for myself, but this recorder
  does record a long time with regard to not havinhg to be adjusted or
  anything.
  I noticed something though when I connecte this recorder to
  another computer in that when i go to the field to rename a file I end up
  at the ebnd of the file name and can't just write over what is there by
  default, and I see the hiden files with the .dat extentions.  Does anyone
  know what these files are for and if there is any useful info in them?