Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 06:14:15 + From: neil barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 00:48:52 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 50CT LCD Is the 50 LCD compatiable with the 70CT? Yes. between the 50 and the 70 *everything* is swappable except the mobo (see caveats) and keyboard. Caveats: o if you put a 70 mobo in a 50 case, you need to do a little filing on the case - the connector for the port replicators is slightly different. o if you put disks wider than 8.5mm in a 50 case, you need to remove the transparent and white spacers from the case back. o The keyboard connectors are different, so you can't swap them. o There are instances where software which works on the 50 won't work on the 70. We haven't been able to prove it, but it may be that the MMS intructions on the 70 pentium are the cause. _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] cpu cache
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 06:57:54 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] cpu cache From: neil barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Write-back forces a simultaneous write to memory with every write to cache, so there's a ram access delay at every write. Write-through writes to the cache but only writes to real memory if the space in the cache is required for something else, or the system shuts down, or it's told to. So it's usually quicker. (actually, that feels the wrong way round, but it's early in the morning) I wrote a long screed on what all the bios switches do which should be in the archive somewhere and may be helpful. For those new to the list, there is a searchable archives that Mike Kopplin maintains at: http://www.technoir.nu/libretto/list/ Wish we could convince Dan to include a link to it in the taglines (though there may be a few other changes a few of us would like to see down there). Matt Hanson (Shel) ^A new signature to shorten explainations off-list. _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 07:18:26 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD From: neil barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] o if you put disks wider than 8.5mm in a 50 case, you need to remove the transparent and white spacers from the case back. What... some 70s have a wide enough to accept 9.5mm HDDs without modification? I had to remove those spacers on my L70 when I put this 20GB HDD in. o There are instances where software which works on the 50 won't work on the 70. We haven't been able to prove it, but it may be that the MMS intructions on the 70 pentium are the cause. Well... I've tested, tested again, and then tested some more, and my L70 just won't boot with my Xircom combo modem inserted while it's drivers, and the Toshiba Power Saver drivers are installed. Put the same HDD in my L50, and no problems. And the L50's 6,4GB HDD/Win98 OS setup has no problems with this either. If I could find out what resources the Power Saver is using, I might be able to tweak the Xircom drivers to let the system boot with the modem inserted. It works fine inserting it AFTER boot. Matt Hanson (Shel) _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Lib 100 for sale
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 01:46:09 -0700 From: Tom Stangl, VFAQman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 100 for sale Hm, just not much interest on a Libretto list in buying Librettos, I see. If I don't get any decent offers by Sun afternoon, I'm going to list it on Ebay and let the wolves take it - I need it out of my hair, and it is going to help pay for some networking equipment. Oh yeah, I did forget to mention - I upgraded it to 64Meg RAM when I bought it. Tom Stangl wrote: Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:16:30 -0700 From: Tom Stangl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Lib 100 for sale I have an Lib100 in excellent shape for sale. Still has the 2.1Gig HD with Win98 installed. Pics at http://www.vfaq.com/Ebay/Lib100/ No dead pixels that I know of, no defects that I can see. I've run it for a couple weeks playing with it to make sure it's in good shape. I just don't need it, as I currently own a Lib110 and a Lib100 besides this one. I paid a pretty penny for this about 6 months ago, I made the mistake of bidding on 2 Lib100s at once on Ebay and won both. I'm taking offers for it in 2 configurations: 1 - Lib100 with extended battery and floppy drive - NOTHING else 2 - Lib100 with extended battery, floppy, NEW EPR, NEW battery charger, NEW battery charger adapter (I obviously expect higher offers for this configuration) No lowball offers, please, or I'll just throw it on Ebay, since I just got $275 for my Lib50 with all the extra accessories. Any offers should be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- | Tom Stangl, Sun ONE Internet Technical Support, Sun Microsystems | iPlanet Support - http://www.sun.com/service/support/software/iplanet/index.html | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest ** -- Tom Stangl ***http://www.vfaq.com/ ***DSM Visual FAQ home ***http://ba.dsm.org/ ***SF Bay Area DSMs ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Phantom disks??
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 10:06:05 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Phantom disks?? Just to clarify, any reference I have made to a Windows extended partition was in addition to a primary partition. There is certainly no problem creating a D: drive in the extended partion - indeed that is the only way to create a second windows drive on a single disk. If that didnt work, there would be no point in windows FDISK knowing about extended partitions at all. In my experience, Windows FDISK will only boot from a primary partition, and windows FDISK will not create more than one per drive. On the other hand, if you create two or three primary FAT partitions using a third party partitioning program, windows can be installed on more than one, and will boot to whichever is active. The active partition (1 2 or 3) will always be assigned the drive letter C:, with (I think) D: going to the first extended FAT partition. I have, however, not ruled out the possibilility that the phantom drive phenomenon is the result of Windows getting confused at seeing multiple primary FATS and no extended FAT... Regards, DigbyT Raymond: I wonder if there's any relevance in the fact that you have the extended partition set as bootable/active? Windows is unhappy about anything other than the first partition set as bootable, maybe changing that will alter things? Ooh Ooh Ooh this has caused me problems in the past ... maybe thats it? Yeah... At one time I was told to put Windows on first primary partition, definately not on an extended one. You guys have said you, or others have put Windows on primary partitions further along without problems though, yes? Without weirdo software (which often does strange things anyway) you can't have Win9x/ME running on anything other than the first partition of the boot drive. Linux, NT, 2k, XP, they're all fine wherever you put them (as long as they're configured right). - Raymond P.S. I'm running a bit behind on the list, apologies if I'm answering questions that have already been answered! -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] display brightness
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 10:26:19 +0100 (GMT/BST)
From: Digby Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] display brightness
Dunno about an SDK but you might want to look to the Linux community and
see if you can find some bits of source code that might help ... IIRC it IS
possible to get Linux to control APM such that you CAN get some control of
the backlight (at least I remember reading something to that effect on a
webpage somewhere when I was looking for how to get Linux working on my
L50) ...
There's some windows code in Xin's pages (www.fixup.net) that I believe
controls the backlight all the way (IIRC). Somewhere around on the net
there's a listing of the bios calls for toshiba power control, too.
It works out of the box with what is supplied with the SuSE 7.3 distribution:
digbyt@voyager:/home/digbyt man -k libretto
libapm (1) - TOSHIBA Libretto BIOS Setup Program
voyager:/home/digbyt # libapm
Power Management for Libretto V1.0beta5
+---+
| 0) Power-up Mode : Boot|
| 1) Standby Time : ** (Unknown)|
| 2) System Auto Off: Disabled|
| 3) Panel Power On/Off : ** (Disabled) |
| 4) Alarm Power On : Disabled|
| 5) LCD Power : 3 |
| 6) Volume : mid |
| 7) Off (Suspend/Hiber): Suspend |
+---+
voyager:/home/digbyt # man libapm
libapm(l) libapm(l)
NAME
libapm - TOSHIBA Libretto BIOS Setup Program
SYNOPSIS
libapm {-v,--Version} {-h,--Help}
libapm {-P,--PowerUp (boot,hibernation)} {-T,--StandbyTime
(0,5,10,15,30,45,60)} {-a,--AutoOff (dis
able,10,20,30,40,50,60)} {-S,--PanelSwitch (dis
able,enable)} {-A,--PowerOn (disable,time)} {-L,--Lcd
Power (0,1,2,3)} {-V,--Volume (0,1,2,3)} {-O,--Off (sus
pend|hibernation)}
DESCRIPTION
libapm configures the setting of Toshiba Libretto.
Changes are done immediately and rebooting is not necce
sary.
OPTIONS
-P,--PowerUp (boot,hibernation)
sets the Hibernation function. If hibernation is
specified, the hibernation function is enabled. If
boot is specified, it is disabled.
-T,--StandbyTime (0,5,10,15,30,45,60)
sets the Standby time. If the Stanby time is spec
ified, the power is not cut after hibernation for
that time in order to resume quickly from hiberna
tion. You can select the time from 0, 5, 10, 15,
30, 45, 60 minutes. This function is valid if the
hibernation function is enabled.
-a,--AutoOff (disable,10,20,30,40,50,60)
sets the time to the Auto Power Off. You can
select the time from disable, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50,
60 minutes. This function is valid if the hiberna
tion function is enabled.
-S,--PanelSwitch (disable,enable)
sets the Panel Switch funtion. If enabled, hiberna
tion is done by closing the panel and vice versa.
This function is valid if the hibernation function
is enabled.
-A,--PowerOn (disable,time)
sets the Power On timer. The format of the time
is hh:mm. If time is specified, power is automati
cally turned on at the time.
-L,--LcdPower (0,1,2,3)
sets the brightness of the LCD. 0 is the darkest
and 3 is the brightest.
-V,--Volume (0,1,2,3)
sets the volume of beep sound. 0 is off, 1 is min
imum and 3 is maximum.
-O,--Off (suspend|hibernation)
sets the suspend/hibernation mode. (100CT Only)
-v,--Version
displays the version of this program.
-h,--Help
displays the simple usage.
BUGS
Completely no warranty. It may or may not contain any
bugs. Operation on the machines but Toshiba Libretto is
uncertain. A part of function might work on Toshiba's
other notebook machines. You must have root privilege to
run this program.
AUTHORS
V1.0 Mr. M. Iizuka ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Original
program Mr. Nomura ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): SMI
patches Ishioka ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Minor fixes and documentation
--
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http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk
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[LIB] 100CT Replicator + suspend..?
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:53:37 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 100CT Replicator + suspend..? I don't use the hibernate option very much, so this may well be a problem which has always existed - but I just tried it in order to check my HD partitioning to make sure nothing valuable is being over-written, and it didn't start up properly... What I did was boot Windows and select 'suspend', the familair image of a disk being saved appeard on the screen, and the system turned off normally. Then when I re-activated it, the disk filling up image appeared as normal, then the screen went blank, and nothing I had to kill the power with the lid button, after which it did a cold start without so much as a scan of the disk... I tried again after un-docking from the EPR, and it worked normally. Anyone else come across this before? I had no USB or PCMCIA devices in the EPR for the test. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cthulhu.dircon.co.uk ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: speaking of wireless... Re: [LIB] ideal libretto
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 13:31:44 +0100 From: Paul Davey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: speaking of wireless... Re: [LIB] ideal libretto I'm using a NetGear ME 401 with a lib70, no power/heat problems. Supports 128 WEP. Same chipset as the linksys and dlink I think. However I'd buy a card with a socket (or find a way to add one) next time both for playing with add on antennas and to avoid cooking my fingers while using the accupoint. I looked in the manual where the FCC warning says 20cm away from the antenna; I guess this is is a cautious recommendation - but it's hard to hold a lib70 right handed and keep 5cm away. regards Paul ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
[LIB] Fw: toshiba libretto 70 memory
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:32:47 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: toshiba libretto 70 memory Here is a place with Libretto 50/70CT memory in stock. http://www.accessmicro.com Best price for new memory I've been able to find. John - Original Message - From: AMTsales [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'John Musielewicz' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; AMTsales [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 10:41 AM Subject: RE: toshiba libretto 70 memory Dear John Here is the price for the memory that you are looking for and the part number. . 16MB Memory Card TS16MTL50 MTTS16MTL50 Ship in 3-4 Business Days $71.71 Thank you, Sales Department -Original Message- From: John Musielewicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 5:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: toshiba libretto 70 memory Hi Do you have this in stock? Part # MTTS16MTL50? Thanks. John ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:21:07 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD o if you put disks wider than 8.5mm in a 50 case, you need to remove the transparent and white spacers from the case back. What... some 70s have a wide enough to accept 9.5mm HDDs without modification? I had to remove those spacers on my L70 when I put this 20GB HDD in. Could it have had a 50 case bottom? Anyone else installing 9.5 mm drives in a 70 experience this? o There are instances where software which works on the 50 won't work on the 70. We haven't been able to prove it, but it may be that the MMS intructions on the 70 pentium are the cause. Well... I've tested, tested again, and then tested some more, and my L70 just won't boot with my Xircom combo modem inserted while it's drivers, and the Toshiba Power Saver drivers are installed. Put the same HDD in my L50, and no problems. And the L50's 6,4GB HDD/Win98 OS setup has no problems with this either. If I could find out what resources the Power Saver is using, I might be able to tweak the Xircom drivers to let the system boot with the modem inserted. It works fine inserting it AFTER boot. This is a good question. Also is there anyway to uninstall the power saver after installing it? ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] cpu cache
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:08:56 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] cpu cache For those new to the list, there is a searchable archives that Mike Kopplin maintains at: http://www.technoir.nu/libretto/list/ Thanks Matt. I bookmarked it. John ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
[LIB] 100CT battery life
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:27:11 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 100CT battery life Hi I was looking at a 100CT which was overclocked to 233 MHz and the owner claimed that on the extended battery with no power savings- i.e. display at full brightness, cpu at full bore, hard drive on, he was getting over 4 hours of battery life. Was he talking baloney or does the 100CT get such an awesome life. Does this mean the 100CT gets over 5 hours if power saving is used and if it isn't overclocked? John ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: Pockets: was [LIB] Touch-Screen Libertto alternative from Fujitsu (P-1000 Lifebook)
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:56:56 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pockets: was [LIB] Touch-Screen Libertto alternative from Fujitsu (P-1000 Lifebook) But I personally would go for a VAIO U1 with touch-screen because of the dimensions (I am still looking for a real mobile device to replace my Jornada 690). The U1 is still to big to fit any 15cm suite pocket. I don't worry about pockets. My pockets are already full of stuff like tools and there is no room for a computer. The Libretto (and the U1) fit nicely in a case the size of a dayplanner. I just carry it around in my hand or throw it into luggage. Its either that or a briefcase and briefcases are a pain. I basically replaced a HP 200LX with the Libretto. The 200LX fit in my pcket once I displaced enough stuff but its not very mobil. I couldn't run wireless modems and had a hard time with cellular modems. The libretto handles both. Plus the libretto can run a web browser that handles https. I can also run programming software that requires Windows and a 486 or better. It was nice when I could do all my programming with a terminal program (the 200LX worked for that) but then I ran into a situation where just the software itself required windows 95 and a 486 at least. I figure with a pentium mmx and Win98 I'm safe for years to come. With the Libretto in standby its almost like instant on so it comes close to a pda if I need to use it for that. Which is pretty rare- the day I can't remember a phone number or what's in a database is the day I might as well give it up. Would be great if I could find some 3000 mAh 3.6 V li-ion cells to rebuild the standard battery pack with though. John ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
[LIB] Cases
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 13:01:50 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cases I am presently using two cases for my 70. A Pelican waterproof case which fits everything I need nicely and a Targus dayplanner case. I have a problem with the Targus case though. It isn't deep enough to hold the Libretto and all the pcmcia cards and cables I need. It would be really cool if it was about the same width and height but about an inch thicker. It is about 10 by 6 by 2 thick. Does anyone use a dayplanner case and what do you use? I need to carry about 3 pcmcia cards plus various cables along with the Libretto. John ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:27:36 + From: neil barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:07:10 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD o There are instances where software which works on the 50 won't work on the 70. We haven't been able to prove it, but it may be that the MMS intructions on the 70 pentium are the cause. What are the MMS instructions? We don't know - we're just speculating that the extra instructions are significant. For example, Mandrake7.1 will install from the hard disk on a 32M 50 but not on a 32M 70. No rational reason, and afawk the only difference is the MMX instructions... Neil _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] display brightness
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:36:54 + From: neil barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] display brightness Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:51:43 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] display brightness Got it. He also has a link to the bios calls. It looks like the backlight cannot be shut off totally through the bios. I have a feeling I've come across some reference somewhere that suggests it can... _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] display brightness
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:36:45 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] display brightness On 27 Apr 2002, at 12:41, neil barnes wrote: Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:36:54 + From: neil barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] display brightness Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:51:43 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] display brightness Got it. He also has a link to the bios calls. It looks like the backlight cannot be shut off totally through the bios. I have a feeling I've come across some reference somewhere that suggests it can... I did a quick google search and found some refeances to there being 5 settings for the backlight not 4- one being off. No source though. I can hook up an external display and see if I can shut off the backlight in the lcd. I want to test the apm bios info I have. I don't have a test libretto yet to do anything to anyway so it'll be awhile. John ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] 100CT battery life
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 09:54:58 +0800 From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT battery life At 10:42 AM 27/04/2002 -0700, you wrote: Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:27:11 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 100CT battery life Hi I was looking at a 100CT which was overclocked to 233 MHz and the owner claimed that on the extended battery with no power savings- i.e. display at full brightness, cpu at full bore, hard drive on, he was getting over 4 hours of battery life. Was he talking baloney or does the 100CT get such an awesome life. Does this mean the 100CT gets over 5 hours if power saving is used and if it isn't overclocked? Sounds on the high side of reasonable to me ... still possible with a brand new battery though I guess ... Bear in mind though that whilst 'power saving' DOES save power, it won't save the 25% you're looking for ... the difference in runtime on my L100 between full power saving (everything dimmed, etc.) and no power saving, running the same test (playing MP3s in a loop) was about 5-10 minutes (out of a total battery life of just under 2 hours with a 3 year old extended battery). Of course, if you actually let the HDD spin down and whatnot then you may get slightly better results (but if you were worried about battery life, wouldn't you suspend it if you were going to leave it for long enough such that spinning down the hard drive would make a difference?) ... - Raymond --- /~\ | | Does fuzzy logic tickle?| | ___ | My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup? | | /__/ +---| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net| | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 09:49:33 +0800 From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD o There are instances where software which works on the 50 won't work on the 70. We haven't been able to prove it, but it may be that the MMS intructions on the 70 pentium are the cause. What are the MMS instructions? I think he slipped and was meaning to type 'MMX' (as the L70 uses a P120MMX processor whilst the 50 uses a normal P75). - Raymond --- /~\ | | Does fuzzy logic tickle?| | ___ | My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup? | | /__/ +---| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net| | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: Pockets: was [LIB] Touch-Screen Libertto alternative from
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 09:56:15 +0800 From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pockets: was [LIB] Touch-Screen Libertto alternative from Fujitsu (P-1000 Lifebook) At 11:41 AM 27/04/2002 -0700, you wrote: Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:56:56 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pockets: was [LIB] Touch-Screen Libertto alternative from Fujitsu (P-1000 Lifebook) ... Would be great if I could find some 3000 mAh 3.6 V li-ion cells to rebuild the standard battery pack with though. Its probably almost impossible to get the cells by themselves ... you would have better luck perhaps getting another Toshiba pack from the same era (eg. the Portege 300 pack) at a clearance sale and taking the cells out of that. - Raymond --- /~\ | | Does fuzzy logic tickle?| | ___ | My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup? | | /__/ +---| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net| | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] 100CT battery life
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 21:16:30 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT battery life I was looking at a 100CT which was overclocked to 233 MHz and the owner claimed that on the extended battery with no power savings- i.e. display at full brightness, cpu at full bore, hard drive on, he was getting over 4 hours of battery life. Was he talking baloney or does the 100CT get such an awesome life. Does this mean the 100CT gets over 5 hours if power saving is used and if it isn't overclocked? Sounds on the high side of reasonable to me ... still possible with a brand new battery though I guess ... Bear in mind though that whilst 'power saving' DOES save power, it won't save the 25% you're looking for ... the difference in runtime on my L100 between full power saving (everything dimmed, etc.) and no power saving, running the same test (playing MP3s in a loop) was about 5-10 minutes (out of a total battery life of just under 2 hours with a 3 year old extended battery). Of course, if you actually let the HDD spin down and whatnot then you may get slightly better results (but if you were worried about battery life, wouldn't you suspend it if you were going to leave it for long enough such that spinning down the hard drive would make a difference?) .. I always set my hard drive to spin down after a minute. I haven't figured out yet how to set the standby timeout to less than 10 minutes. I'd like to set it to about 5. The display/backlight, cpu and hard drive are the main power drains. John ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: Pockets: was [LIB] Touch-Screen Libertto alternative from
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 22:03:33 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pockets: was [LIB] Touch-Screen Libertto alternative from Would be great if I could find some 3000 mAh 3.6 V li-ion cells to rebuild the standard battery pack with though. Its probably almost impossible to get the cells by themselves ... you would have better luck perhaps getting another Toshiba pack from the same era (eg. the Portege 300 pack) at a clearance sale and taking the cells out of that. The thing about using cells this way is you never know the quality of the cell. It would be nice to use fresh new cells. The battery will last much longer. John ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: Pockets: was [LIB] Touch-Screen Libertto alternative from
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 13:07:47 +0800 From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pockets: was [LIB] Touch-Screen Libertto alternative from At 08:06 PM 27/04/2002 -0700, you wrote: Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 22:03:33 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pockets: was [LIB] Touch-Screen Libertto alternative from Would be great if I could find some 3000 mAh 3.6 V li-ion cells to rebuild the standard battery pack with though. Its probably almost impossible to get the cells by themselves ... you would have better luck perhaps getting another Toshiba pack from the same era (eg. the Portege 300 pack) at a clearance sale and taking the cells out of that. The thing about using cells this way is you never know the quality of the cell. It would be nice to use fresh new cells. The battery will last much longer. OK clarification ... what I mean is that you've got a lot greater chance of finding a brand new pack for any Toshiba laptop of that era than you would finding a brand new pack for specifically the Libretto, and at a much cheaper price (especially if you look for packs for laptops that didn't develop a 'cult following' such as the libretto, and as a result are unlikely to still be in use so suppliers may have small stockpiles of them that they're trying to get rid of). I got a brand new (still fully sealed) pack for a Portege 300 for about $7USD a few months ago from one of the local suppliers who was clearing out their stock. The pack looks identical to that of the L100/110 and extended L50/70 right down to the circuit board (but the case ends and connector surround are shaped slightly differently so it won't actually fit) ... they had some other batteries there for other laptops as well (again brand new, fully sealed), I'm starting to wonder if I should have gotten a few more ... I do agree with you though, if the pack was opened and/or had a dubious history then ya I wouldn't trust it. - Raymond P.S. Speaking of batteries, I'm still looking for a dead/dying L100/110 pack to replace the cells in if anyone has one that they're thinking of selling ;-) --- /~\ | | Does fuzzy logic tickle?| | ___ | My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup? | | /__/ +---| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net| | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Phantom disks??
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 05:51:56 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Phantom disks?? From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've never used PM's hide facility ... what exactly does it do? Well, you'll have to get one of the many technical wizs on the list to explain the nuts and bolts of what makes it work, but essentially it writes a bit of code to the partition table that makes any partition, or group of partitions, invisable to the active partition. As Windows tends to snoop around and configure things that you never asked it to configure, I usually hide everything from Windows. System Commander is a boot manager that has the ability to do this too. But instead of going in to the app, and changing the hidden partitions every time you want to switch partitions to boot like PM, in SC you configure the partitions you want visable, invisable, or whatever else for each partition. Then when you select a partition to boot from the SC boot screen, it makes all the changes or hidden/visable, and a slew of other settings automatically without having to do it manually. Matt Hanson (Shel) _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 05:55:55 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] If anyone needs a case for a 50/70 there is one for sale on ebay. John... I'd love to pick up a case to replace the one with a little divot in the back corner corner of my L70, but all I was able to find on EBay were leather carrying cases. Do you have a URL to the case you found? Thanks, Matt Hanson (Shel _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 06:09:05 + From: neil barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 09:49:33 +0800 From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 50CT LCD o There are instances where software which works on the 50 won't work on the 70. We haven't been able to prove it, but it may be that the MMS intructions on the 70 pentium are the cause. What are the MMS instructions? I think he slipped and was meaning to type 'MMX' (as the L70 uses a P120MMX processor whilst the 50 uses a normal P75). Doh! What he said... _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
