Re: [LIB] 16 Bit PC Card USB
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 21:03:14 -0400 From: "David Hettel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 16 Bit PC Card USB See; http://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/subpages/cfu1u.html http://www.twin-paradox.com/SEPDA.html http://www.interpocket.co.uk/ Google CF USB Host, sorry if that was not clear enough. David - Original Message - From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [LIB] 16 Bit PC Card USB > Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 07:08:21 +0700 > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] 16 Bit PC Card USB > > Warner, > The first link says that it would be ineconomical to build such device coz > card bus uses standard PCI chip > that second link I think is the other way around, that device provides > access to PCMCIA through USB Ports. > I am also unable to find the link for the CF - USB. > > so I guess there's no way to teach this old dog a new trick.. > > - Original Message - > From: "M. Warner Losh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 9:53 PM > Subject: Re: [LIB] 16 Bit PC Card USB > > > > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > : Thanks Allen, but unfortunately Jochen is right, looks like it works the > > : other way around. > > : I wish I could plug-in a webcam to my L50 so it becomes a poor-man's > Vaio. > > > > I've been told of a 16-bit CF USB card for PDAs, but googling just now > > I can't find it. Why? This may have an explaination: > > > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2004/01/msg00427.html > > > > Oh, wait, there does appear to be one: > > > > http://www.arstech.com/sdkbus.htm > > > > : Has anyone tried the Card Bus slot swap ? is it really possible ? > > > > I don't think this has been tried, nor do I think it would be easy. I > > don't know if there's even a PCI bus in the L50 and as such there's no > > place to attach the CardBus bridge necessary for the cardbus slot. > > Even if there was, one would need to bring the pci bus to some place > > that it could be used for the chip, which is very hard for all but > > professional EE folks (and even then, there are likely difficult > > electrical issues to deal with). > > > > Warner > > > > > ** > 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 > ** > > ** 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] 16 Bit PC Card USB
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 07:08:21 +0700 From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 16 Bit PC Card USB Warner, The first link says that it would be ineconomical to build such device coz card bus uses standard PCI chip that second link I think is the other way around, that device provides access to PCMCIA through USB Ports. I am also unable to find the link for the CF - USB. so I guess there's no way to teach this old dog a new trick.. - Original Message - From: "M. Warner Losh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 9:53 PM Subject: Re: [LIB] 16 Bit PC Card USB > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > : Thanks Allen, but unfortunately Jochen is right, looks like it works the > : other way around. > : I wish I could plug-in a webcam to my L50 so it becomes a poor-man's Vaio. > > I've been told of a 16-bit CF USB card for PDAs, but googling just now > I can't find it. Why? This may have an explaination: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2004/01/msg00427.html > > Oh, wait, there does appear to be one: > > http://www.arstech.com/sdkbus.htm > > : Has anyone tried the Card Bus slot swap ? is it really possible ? > > I don't think this has been tried, nor do I think it would be easy. I > don't know if there's even a PCI bus in the L50 and as such there's no > place to attach the CardBus bridge necessary for the cardbus slot. > Even if there was, one would need to bring the pci bus to some place > that it could be used for the chip, which is very hard for all but > professional EE folks (and even then, there are likely difficult > electrical issues to deal with). > > Warner ** 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] 50/70 plug dimensions part# needed
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:33:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 50/70 plug dimensions part# needed Without waiting for your embarassing revelation I'll post some info: Targus/ChargeSource PowerTip for Lib 50/70 is #6 or #114 (higher current rating?). This is the same one indicated for the Portege 660CDT (which I have); it is a 6.3/3.0mm "barrel" or "coax" plug. I have power supplies with 6.3/3.0mm and 6.5/3.0mm plugs that work with the 660CDT; Toshiba's 15V supplies (PA2484U and PA2438U) seem to be the 6.3mm variety so that is the jack I would get if there is any question. Jim Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 21:24:43 + From: "Matt Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 50/70 plug dimensions part# needed ---> SNIP <--- After all the discussion about dimensions for the 50/70 power plugs, I came to an incredibly embarassing revelation... I'll report back on that later through. ---> SNIP <--- == __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.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] Re: EZ-Drive installer - WORKED!
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 18:59:31 + From: "Matt Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: EZ-Drive installer - WORKED! From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Now make sure you set aside 32MB+ for the 50/70 or 62MB+ partition space for > > the 100/110 around the 8GB boundry so your Lib doesn't write over data there Uhm, for a Lib 100/110 62+ MB is too small a hibernation area. Guess I wasn't clear enough about that. Thanks for pointing it out Philip. By 64MB+ I meant that the hibernation area needs to be >at least< 64MB to deal with writing memory from 64MB of RAM to the HDD >plus< a bit more to deal with bit/byte size definitions plus all else. 64 GB memory + 2 GB video mem + some BIOS stuff, rounded up to nearest cylinder boundary = 71 MB at least. Wow I want the formula for getting 64GB RAM in >my< L100!! ;-P Couldn't resist playing with that type. That makes for: *** start: cylinder 1017 or 8.350 (according to SI standard 1 GB = 1000,000,000 bytes) or 7.775 if you prefer powers of 1,024 bytes *** until cylinder 1026 or 8.480 / 7.895 GB (at least those numbers work with my Lib. I also got a Hitachi 7K60 inside there). (I have no special preference for base 1,000 or 1,024, but sure there *is* a standard and anyway one should at least make clear what kind of KB / MB / GB is referred to if not obvious at first sight. Above, 64 MB RAM is obviously base 1,024 but IIRC Microsoft FDISK reports in real bytes (=> so you end up in SI standard) while other tools just report MB base 1,024) (The best option is to not use FDISK but use a partition tool which partitions in cylinders rather than MB. Microsoft FDISK is the only partitioning tool which allows partition boundaries to *not* coincide with cylinder boundaries, although there is no operating system which can cope with that properly. Indeed, even MS FORMAT seems to assign "unused" parts of cylinders to bad blocks) Philip Then for those who like a more technical challange, there's David Chien's method of finding the hibernation area I thought was a fun learning expereince: http://www.technoir.nu/libretto/list/2002/msg00140.html "Create a partition that starts before 1010 cylinder and goes beyond 1040 cylinder. Download and use a free space file wipe program to zero out that partition. Make sure hiberate to disk is on in the Power Control Panels setttings. Open Notepad and write anything unique eg. "Librettos are SO amazing!" Hibernate to disk (not standby), then resume from hibernate. Walk the sectors with any hex disk editor like WinHEX to find the extent, using search on the unique text string you typed into Notepad earlier to get you there quicker." Matt _ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ ** 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] Re: EZ-Drive installer - WORKED!
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 16:33:15 +0200 From: Philip Nienhuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: EZ-Drive installer - WORKED! Mark Srebnik wrote: > > Okay Mark... great! One more case study for the argument for installing > > drive overlay even though the Windows OSs don't always need it. This > > confirms again that if you're going to do imaging or partitioning within a > > Windows OS on a >8GB HDD, drive overlay is going to be needed. > > > > Now make sure you set aside 32MB+ for the 50/70 or 62MB+ partition space for > > the 100/110 around the 8GB boundry so your Lib doesn't write over data there Uhm, for a Lib 100/110 62+ MB is too small a hibernation area. 64 GB memory + 2 GB video mem + some BIOS stuff, rounded up to nearest cylinder boundary = 71 MB at least. That makes for: *** start: cylinder 1017 or 8.350 (according to SI standard 1 GB = 1000,000,000 bytes) or 7.775 if you prefer powers of 1,024 bytes *** until cylinder 1026 or 8.480 / 7.895 GB (at least those numbers work with my Lib. I also got a Hitachi 7K60 inside there). (I have no special preference for base 1,000 or 1,024, but sure there *is* a standard and anyway one should at least make clear what kind of KB / MB / GB is referred to if not obvious at first sight. Above, 64 MB RAM is obviously base 1,024 but IIRC Microsoft FDISK reports in real bytes (=> so you end up in SI standard) while other tools just report MB base 1,024) (The best option is to not use FDISK but use a partition tool which partitions in cylinders rather than MB. Microsoft FDISK is the only partitioning tool which allows partition boundaries to *not* coincide with cylinder boundaries, although there is no operating system which can cope with that properly. Indeed, even MS FORMAT seems to assign "unused" parts of cylinders to bad blocks) Philip ** 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] Re: EZ-Drive installer - WORKED!
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 06:21:55 -0700 From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: EZ-Drive installer - WORKED! Good point Matt! Hadn't thought about that ;-) Thanks, Mark on 6/1/04 12:29 AM, Matt Hanson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 07:29:23 + > From: "Matt Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LIB] Re: EZ-Drive installer - WORKED! > > Okay Mark... great! One more case study for the argument for installing > drive overlay even though the Windows OSs don't always need it. This > confirms again that if you're going to do imaging or partitioning within a > Windows OS on a >8GB HDD, drive overlay is going to be needed. > > Now make sure you set aside 32MB+ for the 50/70 or 62MB+ partition space for > the 100/110 around the 8GB boundry so your Lib doesn't write over data there > if it's ever forced into hibernation. Lots of recent posts on that > procedure in the archives. > > Matt > > >> From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> That did it Matt! >> >> PartitionMagic reports partitions are fine now and DriveImage worked great! >> >> Thanks!!! >> >> Mark >> >> on 5/31/04 1:23 AM, Matt Hanson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Could you please send it?? >>> >>> Here you go Mark. Unzip and run the .eze and run it to create a boot >> floppy >>> that will install EZ-Drive. You can follow my instructions from my last >>> post... but here's a bit more about some menus I wasn't clear on: >>> >>> EZ-BIOS Setup: >>> - [SNIP] >>> >>> Get back to me with a post to the list, this going right to you. >>> >>> Good luck. >>> >>> Matt ** 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] 16 Bit PC Card USB
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:52:33 +0700 From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 16 Bit PC Card USB Thanks Allen, but unfortunately Jochen is right, looks like it works the other way around. I wish I could plug-in a webcam to my L50 so it becomes a poor-man's Vaio. Has anyone tried the Card Bus slot swap ? is it really possible ? 1 Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 09:00:39 -0400 From: "Allen Berge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 16 Bit PC Card USB I don't think it exists. You can use a Parallel-USB Cable. http://www.mcpb.com/html/usb.parll.cbl.html The think the main point of the USB adapters is for laptops with USB 1.0 to be able to use all the new highspeed stuff being made with the USB 2.0 standard. External drives, Scanners, Cameras, Network Adapters ect. - Original Message - From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 7:15 AM Subject: [LIB] 16 Bit PC Card USB ** 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] Re: EZ-Drive installer - WORKED!
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 07:29:23 + From: "Matt Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Re: EZ-Drive installer - WORKED! Okay Mark... great! One more case study for the argument for installing drive overlay even though the Windows OSs don't always need it. This confirms again that if you're going to do imaging or partitioning within a Windows OS on a >8GB HDD, drive overlay is going to be needed. Now make sure you set aside 32MB+ for the 50/70 or 62MB+ partition space for the 100/110 around the 8GB boundry so your Lib doesn't write over data there if it's ever forced into hibernation. Lots of recent posts on that procedure in the archives. Matt From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> That did it Matt! PartitionMagic reports partitions are fine now and DriveImage worked great! Thanks!!! Mark on 5/31/04 1:23 AM, Matt Hanson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> From: Mark Srebnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> Could you please send it?? > > Here you go Mark. Unzip and run the .eze and run it to create a boot floppy > that will install EZ-Drive. You can follow my instructions from my last > post... but here's a bit more about some menus I wasn't clear on: > > EZ-BIOS Setup: > - > > * Select 2nd menu option > 'Advanced Options' (1st is 'Fully Automatic > Install) > * From the 'Advanced Options' select "EZ-Bios Setup" > * At message: 'EZ-BIOS is not installed. Install now?', choose 'Yes' and > exit all screens to reboot. > > From then on, you must hit 'CTRL' when prompted by EZ-Drive at boot in order > to boot from a floppy. Leave the FD out of drive, hit CTRL, insert FD, hit > an y key. > > From what you've written, my bet is that your problems with PM8 and > DriveImage will probably disappear. If for some reason it's a no-go... try > Symantec support via email (very slow and frustrating), or try the > Compuserve Windows and/or PC Hardware forums > > For EZ-BIOS Uninstall: > - > > * 2nd menu option > 'Advanced Options' (1st is 'Fully Automatic Install) > * 'Advanced Options' select "EZ-Bios Setup" > * Select "Controlled by EZ-BIOS" and hit ENTER > * Select 'Exit and save changes' and it ENTER > . Will exit to "EZ-Bios Setup" > * Re-enter "EZ-Bios Setup" menu. > * Select "Uninstall EZ-BIOS > * Exit program > > Get back to me with a post to the list, this going right to you. > > Good luck. > > Matt _ Stop worrying about overloading your inbox - get MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200362ave/direct/01/ ** 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 **
