Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:24:20 +1100 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Newbie Libretto questions
At 12:14 PM 15/03/2005 -0800, you wrote:
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:14:05 +0200 From: John Niemi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Newbie Libretto questions
Hello, is this group still alive? Hopefully yes... Anyway, as I'm waiting for my
Libretto ct100 to arrive from Germany, I have the following questions;
I have heard rumours that Win98 install is a bit problematic? How so? My Libretto comes with a floppy drive and a set of Windows98 diskettes.
Win98 runs nicely ... 2k even better in my experience (esp. with 64 meg of RAM).
Also, I'd like to do the PS/2 mod as shown by Xin Feng on his homepage. Has any
of you done it and are better pictures available than in:
http://www.fixup.net/tips/l100/ps2.htm I'm not really sure if I can see the
right connecting points for the wires
I've also got a slightly different version of the mod at http://www.raybot.net if you want a different perspective (although mine is somewhat more long-winded!). The signal lines are the same, I just pull the signals from different places (and include the keyboard port). I've had this mod done for a few years now and it's still going strong.
Also about PCMCIA USB cards, do they drain the battery as much as some non-libretto owners claim? I was going to buy the cheapest 2-port PCMCIA USB card just in case I need to connect something to my Libretto. I already have a PCMCIA wlan card so that leaves only one PCMCIA port open, and USB sounds like a good idea...I think...?
Make sure your PCMCIA USB card can fit under/over the wlan card without blocking reception ... when I plug my combo USB/FireWire card in on top of the WLAN card, the WLAN reception falls dramatically (because the antenna is now blocked by the grounded case of the USB/Firewire card which sticks out a good inch from the computer). Make no mistake, those cards will draw a fair amount of power (after all the power for the USB has to come from somewhere!), how much really depends on what you use it for. Note that if you overclock, be careful as having both slots full reduces the ability of the CPU to dissipate heat (the CPU is right over the PCMCIA slots).
That's all for now, I hope to get my Libretto next week.
PS. This is sort of a (minor) dream come true, not anything near like buying
your dream car or anything but anyway... I remember seeing a Libretto review in
a Finnish computer magazine something like 10 years ago when I was 16, and I've
been wanting to own one ever since. And now ten years later I really have uses
for it as I need to transfer long sound files up to 2 gigs between work, home
and lectures so I could convince myself that I really really need to buy one ;)
(of course the prices for 2nd hand Librettos are nowadays a "bit" lower than say
five years ago so that helps too...)
-John
Good luck! And welcome to the world of the Libretto! :-D
- Raymond
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