Re: [Hampshire] Long Life Netbook style device
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:43:25 + "Alan Pope" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/11/19 john lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I'd like to increase the memory and possibly the storage above what > > came with the system, Memory should be no problem as they are > > standard SO-DIMM modules. Storage not so easy although this URL > > suggests 32GB & 64GB PCI-E SSDs for Asus Eee PC 900 and 901 should > > be available sometime soon :-) > > > > Could always just chuck big fat SD cards in? I have a few 8G ones that > come in handy. > > > Fitting them looks to be more problematic and seems to involve > > removing the keyboard if I read this article correctly > > > > the keyboard comes off the 900 _very_ easily. > > > Battery life is the 900's biggest problem but I can live with it (I > > think). I am reluctant to apply the bios upgrade and am not even > > sure if the latest listed on the Asus site will apply earlier > > patches cumulatively > > > > As hugo says, they're cumulative. They are also dead easy to apply. I > have had 4 Eees, 2x701 and 2x900 and the BIOS updates have all applied > without a hitch. I have only applied them via the Asus xandros thing > but I think Andy Smith has applied them using the standalone zip file. Thanks Alan & Hugo. I feel happier now about using the bios update which in zip format. I do updates to my Technomate TV tuner in much the same way. I tried pruning the default installation from the Debian-eeepc distro but found lots of things I wanted to get rid of seemed integral to the Gnome desk-top, About the only large package I could remove safely was OpenOffice. Things like tasksel I automatically remove from any installation but I don't need two browsers and prefer firefox to evolution, if only because I am used to it. So will purging evolution destroy the gnome gui and what else can I safely remove. -- John Lewis using Debian Sid with windowmaker for a nicer desktop -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Long Life Netbook style device
2008/11/19 john lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'd like to increase the memory and possibly the storage above what > came with the system, Memory should be no problem as they are standard > SO-DIMM modules. Storage not so easy although this URL suggests 32GB & > 64GB PCI-E SSDs for Asus Eee PC 900 and 901 should be available > sometime soon :-) > Could always just chuck big fat SD cards in? I have a few 8G ones that come in handy. > Fitting them looks to be more problematic and seems to involve > removing the keyboard if I read this article correctly > the keyboard comes off the 900 _very_ easily. > Battery life is the 900's biggest problem but I can live with it (I > think). I am reluctant to apply the bios upgrade and am not even sure > if the latest listed on the Asus site will apply earlier patches > cumulatively > As hugo says, they're cumulative. They are also dead easy to apply. I have had 4 Eees, 2x701 and 2x900 and the BIOS updates have all applied without a hitch. I have only applied them via the Asus xandros thing but I think Andy Smith has applied them using the standalone zip file. Cheers, Al. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] OLPC B1G1 - UK RIP Off.
Stephen Davies wrote: > The £50.00 is even worse thn I thought. > > 1) It is FAR above the standard Amazon shipping rates for something that > size & weight > 2) And even worse, AMAZON US shipps to people in the US of A FREE. > > Someone has commented to this on Groklaw earlier this afternoon. They > are bang on. > > As was often quoted in 'The Office', "Are you having a laugh?" > Taking the piss more like. > > I think they have definitely lost some sales from Hants LUG because of this. I was very keen to buy at least one, but the shipping charge, with no explanation, really shocked me. It seemed that something else was going on and although I would have been buying a piece of history I did not want to subscribe to feel like being conned. So I stopped and reconsidered. The more I have reconsidered, the more it seems to me that maybe I did not want one as badly as I had thought. So I think they have lost my sale anyway. -- alan cocks Ubuntu user #10391 Linux user #360648 -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Long Life Netbook style device
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 06:26:02PM +, John Lewis wrote: > Battery life is the 900's biggest problem but I can live with it (I > think). I am reluctant to apply the bios upgrade and am not even sure > if the latest listed on the Asus site will apply earlier patches > cumulatively BIOS upgrades are almost always shipped as a complete replacement to the existing BIOS, so if you just get the latest one on the site, you'll get everything you need. It's done this way for several reasons -- one being that they're so small it doesn't matter about trying to save bandwidth. It's also more difficult to patch binary code than to patch human-readable text. Finally, the technology that stores BIOSes (EEPROMs or similar) tend to work on an all-or-nothing basis, so you *have* to upgrade the whole thing in one go anyway. Hugo. -- === Hugo Mills: [EMAIL PROTECTED] carfax.org.uk | darksatanic.net | lug.org.uk === PGP key: 515C238D from wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net or http://www.carfax.org.uk --- The makers of Steinway pianos would like me to tell you that --- this is a Bechstein. signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Long Life Netbook style device
On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:35:55 + Jim Kissel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't resits at all. Soon as I could order a 901 with Linux I > did. Sold my 701 a few days later. The 901 battery life is so good, > that I never need to bring along the charger. I have only recently got a 900 so am not about to upgrade to a 901, on the other hand my wife quite likes the 900 :-) But we have spent quite a lot of money related to our move to Yeovil* and I'd rather upgrade her several years old desktop PC first. She can always 'borrow' the 900 and that might get her used to the idea of using debian-eeepc + gnome. OK, I have given in and installed my most disliked GUI but for once I need the bells & whistles that come with it. I'd like to increase the memory and possibly the storage above what came with the system, Memory should be no problem as they are standard SO-DIMM modules. Storage not so easy although this URL suggests 32GB & 64GB PCI-E SSDs for Asus Eee PC 900 and 901 should be available sometime soon :-) http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/2008/07/eee-pcs-getting-32gb-and-64bg-ssds.html Fitting them looks to be more problematic and seems to involve removing the keyboard if I read this article correctly http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/04/19/inside_the_eee_pc_900/1 Battery life is the 900's biggest problem but I can live with it (I think). I am reluctant to apply the bios upgrade and am not even sure if the latest listed on the Asus site will apply earlier patches cumulatively > The other big plus, is I ditched my brief case, for a Case Logic bag > for external hard drives. The 901 is a perfect fit + HSDPA modem and > bits and pieces. A quarter the size of my brief case and and maybe 3 > pounds all up weight. That looks quite neat so maybe I'll ask my daughters to get me one for Xmas. *new dining table and chairs, bookcases & a new bed plus having our Bournemouth house re-decorated throughout. -- John Lewis using Debian Sid with windowmaker for a nicer desktop -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] digital cameras
I'd look out for a decent 2nd hand DSLR. As you look through the lens, the problem with viewfinder type compacts at close range goes away. For snapping documents, you want an arrangement that is known as a 'Rostrum Camera'. Here the camera sits above the ovject being photographed. You can do this with a tripod. Once you are setup, you can easily swap objects and you dont have to alter anything. nd as the docs are laying flat 'archivists' should not their their nether parts in a twist. It so happens that I have a Nikon D70 + 105MM AF-Macro for sale if you are interested. 6.1Mp, Raw + Jpeg shooting. I should be able to find the wireless remote as well. I'm clearing the way for a D3X. Stephen D -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Long Life Netbook style device
Andy Random wrote: > On Sun, 16 Nov 2008, Bob Dunlop wrote: > >> I'll just add my response to that of another poster here, I have an >> Asus EEE 901 and the standard battery gives me 5 hours with WiFi enabled. >> I suspect the WiFi of being a considerable drain as the access point is >> old and the walls quite solid. > > I really wish you hadn't mentioned that! > > :) > > I've been resisting upgrading my 701, but I hadn't realised the battery > life of the 901 is so significantly higher. > > Now I'm much more tempted... I didn't resits at all. Soon as I could order a 901 with Linux I did. Sold my 701 a few days later. The 901 battery life is so good, that I never need to bring along the charger. The other big plus, is I ditched my brief case, for a Case Logic bag for external hard drives. The 901 is a perfect fit + HSDPA modem and bits and pieces. A quarter the size of my brief case and and maybe 3 pounds all up weight. -- Life is too short. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] digital cameras
On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:28:42 + (GMT) Gordon Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One other thing of note .. with compacts, think carefully about a > viewfinder. My wife's camera doesn't have one and using the camera in > bright sun is a bit hit-and-miss and/or hits the batteries quite hard > driving the big display anythink like brightly enough. Mine has an > electronic viewfinder on which the resolution is low but normally > adequate when on autofocus, giving an SLR-type behaviour in a compact > camera. on the other hand, for the intended use of this camera (copying documents), using a viewfinder is likely to be a bit hit or miss. I copied some old deeds for my wife at Winchester Records Office not long ago and found it a little difficult having only a viewfinder on my previous camera. So I ended up with smaller images that I'd have liked to be sure of getting each page complete. The document was on on rolled parchment so hard to get flat and bigger than A3. If I were doing it again I'd like to put the camera on a tripod and arrange the document where it could be 'framed' in the display rather than the viewfinder, but this might not be possible depending on circumstances. Archivists are fussy about how you handle old documents. I'd like not to use the camera shutter button but my fuji S5600 doesn't give me any other option. -- John Lewis using Debian Sid with windowmaker for a nicer desktop -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
