Re: [LIB] New Sharp Muramasa 880gr/7.2" mini-notebook
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 22:05:42 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] New Sharp Muramasa 880gr/7.2" mini-notebook At 07:35 PM 5/12/2004 -0700, David Chien wrote: >Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 19:33:58 -0700 (PDT) >From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: New Sharp Muramasa 880gr/7.2" mini-notebook > >http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2004/0512/sharp01.htm > >1Ghz Transmeta (about 1Ghz Celeron equivalent), 20GB HD, all the usual ports, >etc. in a 880g package with a 7.2" 1280X768 widescreen LCD. > >Interesting alternative in the mini-notebook market vs. what's already out, but >sadly, IMO, the 1Ghz Transmeta processor is no match for the 1Ghz P-M in the >similar, but smaller, JVC Interlink XP series. No idea why Sharp keeps trying >to use the poor Transmeta CPUs, esp. since alternative mini-notebooks, eg. the >JVC XP series or the Toshiba SS SX series can push well over 5 hours of >non-stop runtimes with the faster 1Ghz P-M processor. This is slightly more CPU, half the HD, as my L1 which I bought two years ago +. Runtime at about 7 hours if you're conservative. It's served me well, but apparently small laptops are violating Moore's law. ** 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] Networking 2 Libs to access Inet?
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 18:04:34 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Networking 2 Libs to access Inet? > >Well if I recall correctly... David mentioned that the modem might need to be >bidirectional as well as dual purpose in that it must be able to support networking >in both directions as well as supporting a dialup connection for each system >connected. I don't know what the specifics are though. The modem is just a modem. It dosen't know or care about the data it passes. The OS moves the data around. >But I've tried just setting up a usual DUN connection on the 2nd Libby without the >Xircom combo modem, and wasn't able to get it to connect to the Internet. If it's >possible, there must be a few setting tweaks I'm not aware of. Get the dialup pc working properly, as a dialup by itself. Then get the networking working, so all the Pcs on the lan see each other. Then activate connection sharing. ** 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] Networking 2 Libs to access Inet?
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:22:31 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Networking 2 Libs to access Inet? > >Has anyone else successfully set up Windows 98SE to network their systems and be able >to access a dialup Internet connection from both systems? Maybe by just setting >things up and trying it may be the easiest approach at this point. Kinky. I haven't done this, but it seems reasonable.. The hardware should be independent, and connection sharing SHOULD work. Good luck! ** 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] Li-ion cells
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 20:58:49 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Li-ion cells >> >>HTML costs you points. >>It's like golf, more points is bad. > >So then the 1.4 points is for a specific amount of HTML, not 0%-10%? >Otherwise 0% HTML giving 1.4 points makes no sense. Probably they didn't think to say 0.5%-10%.. >Hmm strange did it flag the last and current emails? If not, why was that one >flagged? Nope, these are fine. I think the URL included is what pushed it over the edge. >That's pretty good, but 1500 emails a day is pretty scary. Tell me about it. I pull email on the road, but leave it on the server. When I get back from a week on the road, it usually takes 5-20 mins to pull the mail, over my cable modem. Then if there's any large attachments ** 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] Li-ion cells
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:53:55 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Li-ion cells > >>>SPAM: HTML_00_10 (1.4 points) BODY: Message is 0% to 10% HTML > >Does this go higher or lower for HTML? It seems to give points for having no HTML... >strange. HTML costs you points. It's like golf, more points is bad. >>>SPAM: MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR (0.6 points) URI: Includes a link to a likely spammer >>>email address > >There is no link to any email addresses in my email. Including the headers? >>>SPAM: FORGED_MUA_OIMO(4.3 points) Forged mail pretending to be from MS Outlook >>>IMO > >Whatever this is, it's the fault of Hotmail, not mine. >With such a high rating for emails from Hotmail, it's probably screening out almost >everything it receives from them. Nope. I get lots of hotmail without problems. >>>SPAM: ORIGINAL_MESSAGE (-3.1 points) Looks like a reply to a message >>>SPAM: >>>SPAM: Spam level: * >>>SPAM: - End of Spamnix Spam Report - > >Your spam filter will prolly catch this one too. If it's catching all sorts of stuff >from this forum, maybe you need to relax it for emails from the list. It's passing most of it, I just happened to notice more than one trapped. Actually, I get about 1500 emails a day, and I see maybe 2-3 false traps in a month. Not too shabby. ** 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] Li-ion cells
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 14:59:04 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Li-ion cells >\ >The product number of the cells in the extended battery is CGR17670HC, and >those from American Science and Surplus are CGR18650. Using those numbers I >found this: >http://www.slavin4u.com/lithium.html FWIW, a number of posts to this forum have fallen into my spam trap lately. Here's it's log for this message. >SPAM: Spamnix Spam Report - >SPAM: Spamnix identified this message as spam. This report shows which >SPAM: rules matched the message and how many points each rule contributed. >SPAM: >SPAM: Content analysis details: (5.10 hits, 5 required) >SPAM: DOMAIN_4U2 (1.7 points) BODY: Domain name containing a "4u" variant >SPAM: HTML_00_10 (1.4 points) BODY: Message is 0% to 10% HTML >SPAM: HTML_MESSAGE (0.2 points) BODY: HTML included in message >SPAM: MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR (0.6 points) URI: Includes a link to a likely spammer >email address >SPAM: FORGED_MUA_OIMO(4.3 points) Forged mail pretending to be from MS Outlook >IMO >SPAM: ORIGINAL_MESSAGE (-3.1 points) Looks like a reply to a message >SPAM: >SPAM: Spam level: * >SPAM: - End of Spamnix Spam Report - > ** 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] Battery Life
Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 03:21:02 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery Life At 10:35 PM 4/2/2003 -0800, John Musielewicz wrote: >Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 00:29:25 -0600 >From: "John Musielewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery Life > >I've thought of the Japanese series but they are huge!!! >What is the extended battery milliamps? I don't know. Three strings of three cells. ** 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] XP pro on L1
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 13:25:31 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] XP pro on L1 At 10:09 AM 3/6/2003 -0800, Lawrence Young wrote: >Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 13:07:09 -0500 >From: "Lawrence Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] XP pro on L1 > >You're right about FAT32. However, after you installed XP, you can convert >that FAT32 partition into NTFS very easily. Ok, new plan. HD back out ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Format C and D to FAT32 Install 98 Copy I386 dir of XP cd to D HD back to L1 Boot under 98 Run XP upgrade Change all(?) partitions to NTFS ** 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] XP pro on L1
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 12:33:10 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] XP pro on L1 At 09:09 AM 3/6/2003 -0800, brett wrote: >Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 02:05:39 +0900 >From: brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] XP pro on L1 > >you installed XP on the desktop (using the L1 HDD)? > >this won't work Seems to be correct. >partition the L1's HDD >put the install files on the L1 HDD 2nd partition, >then install on the L1 (using the L1 HDD) >(from the 2nd partition.) One more detail missing? To do this, I'd need to put the install files on FAT32 partitions, rather than NTFS so I can see them under 98 (which I can boot) rather than XP (which I can't boot) ** 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] XP pro on L1
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 12:31:01 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] XP pro on L1 At 09:11 AM 3/6/2003 -0800, David Hettel wrote: >Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 12:07:09 -0500 >From: "David Hettel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] XP pro on L1 > >That's where you messed up. You need to copy the CD to your Harddrive, Then put it >back in the L1, and run it in the L1 only! I did that, but I can't boot, so I can't get there. ** 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] XP pro on L1
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 11:57:55 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] XP pro on L1 At 08:49 AM 3/6/2003 -0800, brett wrote: >Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 01:44:32 +0900 >From: brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] XP pro on L1 > >a few days back there was a post about this > >IMO >best bet if you don't have a bootable CD-ROM (or one you can use in DOS) is to take >out the HDD and >copy install files via a deaktop then go from there. >sounds like you have a FDD only? That's what I did. I did the install on a desktop. Boots and runs fine. Now reinstalled in the L1, I can boot, but no matter which boot mode I select (F8) I get this stop error. ** 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] XP pro on L1
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 11:29:54 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] XP pro on L1 At 08:23 AM 3/6/2003 -0800, brett wrote: >Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 01:18:08 +0900 >From: brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] XP pro on L1 > >Hi David, > >I used the XP drivers from Toshiba and it all installed easily. You >might want to install a bit more than the standard 128MB ram >Win XP installs and works, but I found Win ME was much faster. How do you "use" the drivers? ATM, I can't even boot in safe mode, or from the 6 disk "boot disk" set without this stop error. ** 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] XP pro on L1
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 09:42:12 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: XP pro on L1 Has anyone got XP pro running on an L1? If so, how did you get it instlled? All I can get is "stop errors". ** 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] Pen Drive as Swap File? (slightly OT)
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 09:41:06 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Pen Drive as Swap File? (slightly OT) > Now that Pen Drives are cheap (256MB for $50) Where? ** 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] L1 Scrub
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:33:05 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] L1 Scrub At 11:58 AM 2/28/2003 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 20:57:20 +0100 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [LIB] L1 Scrub > >argh USB and DOS... I don't think it'll work... [;-)] >But you can still have a 1 or 2 foot floppy disk with linux kernel and some basic >programs that will support your usb CD [:-)] >Linux is great !! (I'm running Linux Mandrake 9 on my Lib50 32Mo RAM and 20GB HDD) I would, but my cadware requires gatesware. ** 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] L1 Scrub
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:32:21 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] L1 Scrub > >Real men use load'n'set switches... BTDT.. Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Load, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Load, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Click, Shit! ** 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] L1 Scrub
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:31:08 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] L1 Scrub > >As for boot from CD-ROM, it requires BIOS support. Not sure what is support in L1 >BIOS. I'll just hook up a 2.5" to 3.5" converter and copy all the XP files from >another computer to the HDD and run setup from HDD directly. A: I'd need the converter. B: I'd need to get the HD out of the L1, which is not trivial. C: I'd have to dig into my main system.. :( Problems.. ** 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] L1 Scrub
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 14:28:20 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] L1 Scrub At 07:48 AM 2/28/2003 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:46:47 +0100 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [LIB] L1 Scrub > >If it is really a bootsector virus, you can boot from a floppy and type: >fdisk /mbr I used debug to write zeroes to the boot sector. It's gone :) >Else you can copy win CD on your disk using DOS and a CD driver, that's 10 times >quicker than copying win98 to support the CD (such things is ony 1 floppy disk). > Julian Will that work for a USB CDROM? ** 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] L1 Scrub
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 20:55:46 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: L1 Scrub I finally had a virus get past Eudora somehow. I got a boot sector virus that tells me every time I boot that my copy of windows is illegal. So, I've scrubbed the drive, and have it booting normally with win98 sys on C:. How can I get XP installed?? I have no CDROM in the machine, only USB and Firewire ports. I tried the 6 disk boot deal from Microsoft, and all I get is a "stop error" after the 6th disk. Very tedious. ** 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] LiIon AA Batteries?
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 18:24:44 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] LiIon AA Batteries? At 04:22 PM 8/31/2002 -0700, Matthew Hanson wrote: >Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 23:17:31 + >From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] LiIon AA Batteries? > >I found a source for what appears to be LiIon batteries in the standard AA battery >size for $5.95 here: > >http://www.mrnicd-ehyostco.com/Lithium/memory.htm Be sure you read the spec sheet on these. Memory backup batteries are often optimized to very low discharge rates, and may not have even 100mA output current available. ** 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: Li-Ion cell testing?
Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 10:08:16 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] RE: Li-Ion cell testing? > >Someone correct me if I'm wrong but isn't it quite possible that the packs >may be dead because of fried electronics as opposed to dead cells in which >case it's quite possible they won't charge at all? Yup. ** 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: Re[2]: [LIB] A special powful tool
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 14:35:13 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [LIB] A special powful tool At 02:18 AM 7/18/2002 -0700, Clarence wrote: >Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 05:09:53 -0700 >From: "Clarence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Re[2]: [LIB] A special powful tool > >You know, for things like this, I'm a big propponent of finding >the culprit and publicly flogging them, then taking all of their >computer equipment. Flog them WITH their computer equipment. ** 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] Optiview anti-reflective film notes
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:11:23 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Optiview anti-reflective film notes At 03:58 PM 7/12/2002 -0700, David Chien wrote: >Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 15:53:37 -0700 (PDT) >From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Optiview anti-reflective film notes > > > How difficult is the dis-ass-re-ass process? >None required. just peel and paste on the front of the LCD panel, rub down, >and that's it. You mean without any disassembly? >Of course, getting all those bubbles and dust off the LCD panel & film is >the toughest part Cotton gloves, and a duster would help. ** 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] Optiview anti-reflective film notes
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 14:25:34 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Optiview anti-reflective film notes How difficult is the dis-ass-re-ass process? ** 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] Antisunlight reflective films (do it yourself screen
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 08:54:19 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Antisunlight reflective films (do it yourself screen enhancement) At 06:06 PM 6/12/2002 -0700, Brandon Lin wrote: >Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 17:59:54 -0700 >From: "Brandon Lin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Antisunlight reflective films (do it yourself screen enhancement) > >Dupont sent me a couple of their sample films and applied the antisunlight >reflective to my display and it is about 60%-70% better in high ambient >light and 30%-50% better in direct sunlight. It is very readable in direct >sunlight with the brightness setting on 3. If anybody wants these films, I >will order in bulk and sell them out precut for the libretto. Installation >is very easy, just take the plastic off from around the screen, peel the >back off film and apply to front of screen. If I can get enough people to >buy, then each film will be around $15-20. Thanks. Sounds interesting. How hard is it to reposition the film if you get a wrinkle, or get it started wrong? ** 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: L110 batt
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 12:53:52 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: L110 batt At 09:35 AM 6/12/2002 -0700, scott wormser wrote: >Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 10:00:37 -0700 >From: scott wormser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: L110 batt > >my l110 batt lite just flash's yellow any way to shock the batt? No. These are not NICAD/NIMH batteries. This is not only not possible, but a rather dangerous idea. >anyone know the batt pin out's? >or a good price for a replacement batt? Simply replace the cells with new Li-Ion cells. In the US, you can't buy single cells, thanks to the EPA. You'll have to get them from camcorder packs or somewhere else. ** 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] Rebuilding the 1200mAh PA2452A for 70CT
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 08:56:42 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Rebuilding the 1200mAh PA2452A for 70CT > >They are being developed for EV use though. I've seen entire packs developed >from single A sized cells. The EPA won't let you buy single cells here. The fear is that they will end up in the trash. I don't know why they think that's not going to happen with a dead battery pack, but that's the reasoning. I'm told that canadian outfits can sell single cells. ** 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] Soldering temperatures
Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 16:49:28 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Soldering temperatures At 01:35 PM 5/5/2002 -0700, Clarence wrote: >Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 16:27:02 -0400 >From: "Clarence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Soldering temperatures > >As to the question of temperature, the answer is simple: > >hot enough to get the job done and no more. Wlll. I worked for a few years with Ungar "Princess" irons which got the right temperature, but as it turned out, didn't have enough HEAT. Thermal mass, and temperature control is what makes it go right. Those little irons hit the right temperature, but have such a small mass, and wimpy heater, that any mass on the joint sucks all the heat out of them. You can do more damage waiting for your little iron to heat the joint, than with a hot iron and a fast soldering time. With my metcal, I can change tips, and with the same amount of power, solder fine SMD, change the tip, and solder 4 gage wire. (like I'm doing today in my car!) ** 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] Soldering temperatures
Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 12:39:50 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Soldering temperatures Unfortunately, there's no substitute for a good iron. Cheap and nasty irons do cheap and nasty work. You need enough temperature, too much is a problem as it will de-bond the PCB copper from the substrate. Fine points are good, but restrict heat flow to the tip. A proper iron for surface mount work has accurate temperature control, a fine point, and lots of thermal mass behind the point, so that when working, the point's temperature does not nosedive, then overshoot when loaded. A 40W weller temperature controlled iron ($100-ish), with the appropriate tip, is a good starter for SMD work. I've moved to Metcal ($200), and I'm not looking back. ** 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[2]: [LIB] Replacement battery cell
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:08:51 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re[2]: [LIB] Replacement battery cell At 09:47 AM 4/23/2002 -0700, Gennadiy Tsygan wrote: >Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 20:42:27 +0400 >From: "Gennadiy Tsygan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re[2]: [LIB] Replacement battery cell > > >I was there with L100 last year!. If I only new... >I just called Digi-Key and was told me that they can't even order the cell >becuase they are "not equipped(?)" to work with Li-Ion batteries. You can forget it in the US. The EPA will not allow single lithium cells, because you might put them in the trash. For some reason, they think that a battery pack won't go that route. ** 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] [OT] RE: Digital cameras (danger Matt/Ray length exposition
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 00:24:24 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] [OT] RE: Digital cameras (danger Matt/Ray length exposition :) > >I think David is mistaken or has mistyped. With a slow lens you have lots >of depth of field *control*: the depth of field is small which means you >can use it to isolate elements of the composition. However, you must have >good control of the focus to achieve this. Not what you want for point and >click, and not what you want when you can't see a viewfinder image with >the same resolutiuon as the final image. Exactamundo. Pinhole cameras have tons of depth of field. Another reason cheap cameras have such small optica. ** 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: renaming "Program Files" folder [LIB]
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 22:55:10 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: renaming "Program Files" folder [LIB] > >Likewise David - you've still got the original "Program Files" folder, >plus another, or you've moved and/or renamed the original? Yes, one in C, and one in D. The system dosen't seem confused about that at all. I've been doing it this way for at least the last five years, on 95, 98, ME, and now NT. If I get the portable version, I'll have the whole set: CE, ME, NT.. (prophetic, ain't it :) ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: renaming "Program Files" folder [LIB]
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 22:45:52 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: renaming "Program Files" folder [LIB] > >Gah! OK if you're into converting partitions back, forth, left, right, >etc. then ya sure ... I just format a partition the way I want and leave >it so I guess I don't have that problem ... heh Why do you do this.? Where did that come from? Where did I say or insinuate that I do this frequently? I've converted each of my partitions exactly once. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: renaming "Program Files" folder [LIB]
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 22:12:58 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: renaming "Program Files" folder [LIB] > >Well I'm thinking more of things like viruses, bad sectors, hardware >failure and the like ... the effects of those things tend to extend past >partition boundaries. > >What are you referring to? Bad sectors happen where they happen, but every time I've seen them, they've been squarely in one partition or the other. Hard fails on the drive or controller take out the whole thing, so it doesn't matter where you had your data. The few times I've had the OS pee all over itself, the damage was always isolated to a partition, or at worst a couple partitions. Like the most recent event for me, when I converted my system to NTFS partitions. J-D went fine, but it ate the C partition. Again, everything else was fine. Some apps had to be reinstalled, some (like this email program) didn't. I didn't bother backing up C, since there wasn't anything on it that I couldn't reinstall easily. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: renaming "Program Files" folder [LIB]
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 21:15:24 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: renaming "Program Files" folder [LIB] > >Umm ... most things that'll destroy one partition will likely destroy the >others too. That is things short of explicit formats and the like ... >which are extremely unlikely to happen accidentally. Well, that's completely counter to my experience. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: renaming "Program Files" folder [LIB]
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 20:44:58 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: renaming "Program Files" folder [LIB] > >Mine was to keep the OS separate from the applications, so I created >another "Programs" folder on a separate partition, into which I install >all the programs that give me a choice of where to install. This would >seem to address the issues you've mentioned. That's what I do as well. Windows, drivers, and system utils go in C, programs in D, and data in E. That way, I only back up E, everything else is re-installable, and the OS stuff is clearly delimited. If I loose D, I'm still up and running. (In real life it's a little more complicated, out to J, but that's a long story.) ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Libretto 110 questions
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 11:53:06 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto 110 questions > >shorting the cell out? These could sometimes be 'fused apart' by shocking >(zapping) the cell with a heavy current / high voltage for a second or so. > >Just a thought .. ;-) Entirely correct. What is commonly referred to as "memory effect" in NIMH and NICAD batteries is actually charge depression, caused by poorly designed chargers. The cure, and it IS curable, is to discharge the battery, but NOT lower than 1V/Cell. The damage threshold is lower than that, but 1V/Cell does the job in NICADs, and is the optimum discharge cutoff point for NIMH cells. Completely discharging NICAD and NIMH battery packs is a very bad idea, it will cause failures from cell reversal. The libs use Li-Ion batteries though, so none of this applies to the libs. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Wheeee!
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 18:15:25 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Wh! > >I recall seeing it on a website (it might well have been yours, David!) >about someone cranking up the voltage from 0 and monitoring the current >and behaviour of the libby ... lemme see if I can find it ... That's what I did. I was looking to see where it started pulling current, and where it started charging the battery. I tried it on my L1 too, but it's behaviour is rather complicated. It looks like multiple switchers to me, and possibly a low dropout linear or two as well, judging by the shape of the current as the voltage increases. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Wheeee!
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 12:29:41 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Wh! At 09:20 AM 2/27/2002 -0800, Pres Waterman wrote: >Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 12:15:52 -0500 >From: Pres Waterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Wh! > > > > > > >The L50/100 power indicator is bi-color... you just don't want to see it > > >orange! Orange solid or flash indicates an unhappy power input circuit. > > >Remember: 15.00v is what it wants. > > > > Well.. It wants 15V regulated, and I've had it as high as 16V with no > > problems on a bench supply. > > >Cool. I am only standing on 5 years experience and the service manual. I didn't know anyone we knew had one. I didn't go past 16V because I didnt know the capacitor ratings on the input. 16V being a common rating, and acceptable for a 15V input. It's been a couple years, but somewhere in the archives, should be my original tests on the L50. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Wheeee!
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:48:49 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Wh! > >The L50/100 power indicator is bi-color... you just don't want to see it >orange! Orange solid or flash indicates an unhappy power input circuit. >Remember: 15.00v is what it wants. Well.. It wants 15V regulated, and I've had it as high as 16V with no problems on a bench supply. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 10:22:16 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > >What's the chip number, and where do I get it? Microchip has an app note on doing this. I don't recall which chip they used, but I'm sure a search will pop it up. Ubicomm also has this as a reference design, with freely available source. That takes an SX28 at 50 MHz, and their code. You can use any of the available IRDA transcievers, Agilent and Zilog both make compatible units. However, you can't just tag the transcievers onto a serial line. You need a micro to manage the link. Watch the transciever power, they draw large pulses of current, and have poor rejection of power supply noise. Bypassing is critical, PCB layout is important. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 11:19:34 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > >Actually, correct me if I'm wrong but won't a serial printer be happy with >just Tx (as in it doesn't even need Rx, just Tx and ground)? I remember >reading something about being able to print to printers using graphics >calculators because of that ... Many printers (and many PCs) are perfectly happy this way. IRDA calls this "three wire" mode. IRDA does both "three wire" and "nine wire" emulation. In nine wire mode, it provides ALL the signals that would be present on a DB-9 port. It does not, however, take the status of the signals from the end device, and run them through the IR link. You get them from the local processor, which generates them according to it's needs, and according to the link state. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 02:32:46 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? >> >> >>I'm enjoying this, and learning a lot, but I think we have established the >>premise that IrDa conversion is not "trivial" > >I thought we'd established the opposite: IRDA -> full duplex serial is a >one-chip solution plus IR transmit/receive and power. It's certainly >simpler than a modem, which does the same job down a pair of wires. That's what it is on this printer I'm designing. A single processor, and "Irda Eyeball" and a few Rs and Cs, and I get what looks like a serial cable. That plugs in to the same port where you remove my serial card, uses the same signals. To the main system, it's a serial port. To the host system, it's a serial port. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 00:45:55 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > >I'm enjoying this, and learning a lot, but I think we have established the >premise that IrDa conversion is not "trivial" For them that have to write the IRDA dongle software, no. However, I would suggest that you go to the actisys page, or call them, and try one. Not much to loose, and I think you'll find it works just fine. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 02:40:39 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > >This being so - an IRDA to serial adaptor should be a fairly trivial >device: IR transmitter and receiver (and shaping circuits), some buffer >memory, a standard serial interface, and a small processor to keep it all >in step. Probably fabricated on a single chip. Not quite, but pretty close. The pulse current requirements for the transmitter require some large-ish C to decouple. Ubicom (scenix) has a reference design you can download. Single micro, a few Rs and Cs, and a standard IRDA module. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 02:06:27 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > >I'm not saying there ISN'T any flow control, I'm saying that any flow >control that exists will have to run over TX/RX because there ISN'T an >extra pair of lines available for RTS/CTS. 9 wire support is available under IRLAP. 3 wire support is also an option. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 01:27:31 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > >I haven't looked at the IRDA spec, so I'm guessing here...but I can't >imagine that *anyone* (even MS) is dumb enough to implement a serial link >without flow control of some sort. They aren't >Of course, whether the IRDA interface implements those things to the >driver is another question :) They do. However, not exactly in the way you think, You don't see the handshake directly from the remote device, it's not necessary. You see handshake from the local IRDA dongle. It's buffers are what you must not overflow, and it must not overflow yours. The end result is the same, you put data into the dongle at rate X, it travels between dongles at rate Y, and from the far dongle to the device at rate Z. Your throughput will not be greater than the lowest rate of the three, and not much less, if X and Y are reasonably high. Y cannot be less than 9600. X and Z can be anything from 300-115200 (typically) ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 23:26:48 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > >Umm ... right in that case tell me, how would the IrDA dongle pass the >various handshaking lines onto the normal (DB9 or DB25) serial device >connected to it given that both that device and its driver back on the >laptop would be expecting standard Tx/Rx, DTR/DSR, RTS/CTS and CD/RI, a >total of 4 full duplex lines, WITHOUT the use of a driver shim on the PC >end to multiplex the handshaking lines onto the standard IrDA stream >(which, at the lowest level is a single full duplex connection)? Perhaps you should pay a visit to www.irda.org ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 22:02:38 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > >I was more talking the fact that if it did multiplex the DTR/DSR, RTS/CTS >and CD/RI lines onto the TX/RX lines in software (and the IrDA dongle on >the other end reconstructed them) you'd not be able to hit 115200 and >you'd experience a significantly higher processor overhead as the >processor now has to do what the serial driver chip would have done ... It does sort of, but that's not what happens. The handshake is generated by your IRDA interface, according to the link state, and the rate at which the other end can take data. On the other end, handshake is from the peripheral to the irda device, and events here, you may never see. Same is true in the other direction. The one thing they DONT do, is echo the handshake lines of the peripheral directly back to you. > if the things were designed to permit IrDA printing though I doubt this > would be done because as I said, all printers really need is TX/RX (and > software flow control). > >Oh and yes proper IrDA devices negotiate the link speed based on >conditions but remember, we're trying to trick non-IrDA devices to link >into IrDA ... unfortunately not many standard serial devices will >autonegotiate a speed. That's only happening on the IRDA link. On the cable, that's up to dipswitches and such. The IR link, and the physical cable ends are not directly coupled, and that's one of the good features of irda. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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 1100 panel-mounted mouse - how quick and
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:59:04 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 1100 panel-mounted mouse - how quick and > >Actually I'd have to disagree ... just because we've used pens for so long >doesn't mean its necessarily the right way of using your muscles (notice >all those pens out there that are designed to help muscle cramps for >instance). Try signing your name with a mouse. Wether it's the absolute rightest thing isn't what I meant. What I meant is that you have spent years training those muscle groups to write, and the others to hit baseballs or whatever. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: Libretto greediness (was Re: [LIB] Lib 1100 panel-mounted
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:32:03 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Libretto greediness (was Re: [LIB] Lib 1100 panel-mounted > >OK which ones of us are greedy and have more than one libretto? L-50 and L-1 here. Quite a step between the two :) ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:28:14 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > >Don't count on it ... ref what I said about only Tx and Rx being available >... I don't like the chances of your serial cellphone working for instance >as it'd probably also require the CD/RI lines. Unless the Actisys comes >with a driver to reconstruct these lines (in which case you'd take a speed >hit) all it'd be doing is what I mentioned in my essay earlier on. That is part and parcel of the IRDA link. Also, speed may be as low as 9600, but can be as fast as 115200 on the IR. The devices negotiate this as they establish the link. So, any speed hit is likely to be academic. Note that the IR speed is independent of the serial speed, and will go to the fastest value both devices can support. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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 1100 panel-mounted mouse - how quick and
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:03:46 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib 1100 panel-mounted mouse - how quick and >ib 1100 should be quick and accurate to use. > > > >How quick and accurate can the Lib 1100 mouse be used: > >- (critical for mobile use) Is it quick enough to select menues, while > you hold the Libretto 1100 in one hand? > >- (essential for use at all) Is the Lib 1100 panel-mounted mouse very > much better than an ordinary trackpin/trackpoint? I tried to use a > trackpin to make flow chart sketches, but it drove me crazy. > >- Can I make flow chart sketches with the mouse almost as easy as I can > do on a touchscreen (depends on experience with touchscreens and flow charts)? I've had both (L-50 and L-1), and I really like the mouse on the screen. It's more natural, and having the screen in your hand gives you a solid reference. Best of all is a pen, because with a mouse you're using the wrong muscles for drawing, and with any sort of eraserhead, you're using the right muscles the wrong way. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 12:13:21 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? At 09:11 AM 2/20/02 -0800, Pres Waterman wrote: >Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 23:08:09 -0500 >From: "Pres Waterman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > >\> Actisys does make serial port enablers for devices that weren't designed > > with IRDA. > > > >Great! What does that mean, an IrDa dongle plugged into a DB-9F socket, >and it presents itself to the infrared world as a comport? I think so. I have one here, part of a project, but haven't looked at it yet. They sell these to sit on printers and such, to make them irda compatible. Info on the actisys web site, though their site is rather sucky. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 21:14:29 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? Actisys does make serial port enablers for devices that weren't designed with IRDA. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 20:28:36 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > >Heh and I thought my stepping from 11-16 volts to 24 then back to 15 was >inefficient! For my application, it's not an issue. If it was, I'd do a small boost regulator, 15V out from 9-15V in. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:48:38 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > >[T] That's a good idea but 'possibly' more inefficient than going direct >(I agree more flexible ..) and on a motorcycle (all be it with trailer)! >With all the camping gear for 2 weeks and 3 people we are tight for space >/ weight and >my BMW hasn't got either a big battery or alternator? ;-( Definitely less efficient, but in the Explorer, with a 100A alternator, definitely not a problem :) Still, from the bike, you should be able to run this, no problem. You only draw about 20W, and that's less than one headlight. >[T] So, allowing for L start-up and the actual journey planning, about 4 x >'15 min sessions' per charge David? Sounds more or less right. YMMV etc. >[T] Handy little beasts aren't they the Libretto's ... never programmed >any Micro controllers but sent plenty of Intel HEX / BIN files to EPROM's >in my time ;-) I got an L1 this summer, and was going to sell the L50, but just couldn't do it. :) It's such a handy beast. I know that I probably couldn't get more than $3-400 out of it, and it's worth more to me than that. I'm gonna need a computer rack soon! I seem to grow about one computer every two years. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:35:20 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > >How long does yours run on batteries and are you in a car or on a bike? > >All the best. Be warned, the screen is no good during the day, unless it's pretty cloudy. I take a jacket along to make a light hood out of. (no good for driving!) To run in the car, I have a small 110V inverter. It's more versatile that way, and it protects the L from transients in the car electrical system. I haven't timed mine lately, a couple hours on the big pack I think. That reminds me, time to swap packs. I have one small, and one large. When not otherwise occupied, the L is my chip programmer for Atmel AVR chips, and sits on the bench. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Some answers please?
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 14:11:00 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > >Also, is there any reason why I *shouldn't* install W95 (OSR2?) on it >(It's got RedHatV(?) on it at the moment) in the hope that it would do all >I need (just Win95/98 GPS map routing software (Mapsource) and digital >still camera offloads) and that's the sort of OS that was around when the >Libby was first out? (wasn't it?) That's what's running on my 50, actually 98 SE, with all patches. I have WinAPRS, (a gps thing) and the entire 700 megs of precision mapping. Nice to have when you're 600 miles from home in Minnesota, and you suddenly need to drive to Colorado springs.. :) ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Similarly the standards fund was appropriately
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 10:26:02 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Similarly the standards fund was appropriately At 03:34 PM 11/28/01 -0800, Mike Ward wrote: >Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 18:29:41 -0500 >From: "Mike Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: [LIB] Similarly the standards fund was appropriately > >This message had a virus attached to it when I received it. It was one of >the magistrate series, as I recall. If you have it and your virus detector >hasn't found the attachment to be infected, or if (shame on you) you don't >have a virus detection system installed, you should update definitions or at >least delete the message. Virus software is a great way to suck the performance out of your system. I simply use eudora, and don't open unexpected attachments. When you don't run the MS virus autoinstaller mail clients, life gets a lot simpler. According to today's roundup, I've got some 1700+ attached files probably >> half are viruses. One of these days, I'll get around to deleting them, but it's hardly worth the effort. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Libby screen deterioration
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 20:46:54 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Libby screen deterioration At 05:34 PM 11/12/01 -0800, Raymond wrote: >Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:30:40 +0800 >From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Libby screen deterioration > >Hi all! > >Just wondering, does anyone know if the cold fluoro tubes in the backs of >Libbys have a habit of taking a while to achieve full brightness as they >age? Anyone know if doing so might be a sign of the thing about to die? > >Its just when I use mine under moderate lighting (average office lighting >for instance), when I first turn it on it looks uncomfortably dim but I >leave it, come back 10-20 minutes later and its at quite a comfortable >brightness (I don't change the power saver level or any manual screen >brightness control during this time). My L50 behaves the same way, or, we're both going blind the same way. :) -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] thanks!
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 14:10:47 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] thanks! At 11:19 AM 10/22/01 -0700, venture wrote: >Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 11:10:15 -0700 >From: "venture" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] thanks! > >Dave, thanks very much for this information! I had no idea that there is a >quota for insertions. I wonder why? I'll research this a bit and see what >I can find out. Well I'm buying another one and this time I hope to find >out what it is rated for. . . > >(Gosh, this "finite number of insertions" stuff sounds like my sex life. . >Cheers! It's a wearout thing, contacts have to slide and make good contact, so there is mechanical wear. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] GET ME OF THIS FRIGGIN' LIST
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:40:47 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] GET ME OF THIS FRIGGIN' LIST At 10:34 AM 10/22/01 -0700, venture wrote: >Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 10:23:55 -0700 >From: "venture" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] GET ME OF THIS FRIGGIN' LIST > >Hi! > >I've got a libretto 70. The PCMCIA modem card does not appear to work any >more. I've configured the thing countless times to connect but it never >can. So my question is, can a PCMCIA modem card die (other than from >obvious causes, like major physical trauma) from just being used a lot?? The PCMCIA connectors are only rated for a finite number of insertions. I forget the number offhand, but it's not as large as you might think. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] GET ME OF THIS FRIGGIN' LIST
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 15:33:18 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] GET ME OF THIS FRIGGIN' LIST At 11:54 AM 10/21/01 -0700, Grant Tedaldi wrote: >Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 11:40:14 -0700 >From: Grant Tedaldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: GET ME OF THIS FRIGGIN' LIST > >GET ME OFF THIS FRIGGIN' LIST If you can write, then you can likely read the instructions at the bottom of every message posted to the list. >** >http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list >http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives >http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > ---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 >** -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] PCMCIA TV Tuner for Libretto
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 01:45:05 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] PCMCIA TV Tuner for Libretto At 11:30 PM 10/16/01 -0700, Matthew Hanson wrote: >Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 06:21:24 + >From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] PCMCIA TV Tuner for Libretto > >>Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 08:30:17 +0800 >>From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>I don't think a USB card will work in a 70CT because of its non-cardbus >>PCMCIA slot. > >So do your think the existing technology in the 70CT PCMCIA slot is not >sufficient to support USB? I think of how well the Compact Flash memory >in a PC Card interfaces with the system. But I assume USB is a whole >other kind of ball game. Cardbus cards don't physically fit, among other problems. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] PCMCIA TV Tuner for Libretto
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 09:49:38 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] PCMCIA TV Tuner for Libretto I use the ATI USB tv tuner on my L1 Beware, a lot of the devices like this take the audio as a separate cable, and require more mess. The ATI just has antenna in, and USB out. It's a bit large, but it works well. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] lithium-cells... i found a cheap supply! but are
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:26:41 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] lithium-cells... i found a cheap supply! but are they right??? At 02:14 AM 10/12/01 -0700, Dan Baker wrote: >Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 19:08:55 +1000 >From: Dan Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: lithium-cells... i found a cheap supply! but are they right??? > >I have found a source for battery packs that contain 12 cells identical to >those in the 50-70 pack, however before I try them I need you guiys to >answer a question or two... I have no way of charging these packs and I >don't know what state of charge they are in, however I am getting about >2.6 volts out of each cell and on a full short they provide about 5-10 >amps... so, I was under the impression all lith-ion batts were of 3.6 >volts... am I mistaken? Don't load them into a short, they don't like it. Max load is usually equal to their amp-hour rating. To charge them individually, set a bench supply to 4.1V (measure on DVM) and limit the current to not more than the AH rating. Connect the cell, and it will charge with no further monitoring or complications. > While hiking I use small solar panel on the top of my pack (the weight > is negligable) to charge a 7ah sealed lead-acid that beast runs the lib > 50 for about 8 hours which is more than enough, it also powers my GPS, > recharges my digital camera battery and Palm V, I then have moving map > where ever I am as well as 5 gig worth of photo storage... You'd be much better off with the same AH of NIMH cells, for weight. I used to hike with gells too, but got tired of the LEAD -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Car power adapter
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 23:21:38 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Car power adapter > >Oh ya, and your buzzing is probably because your inverter creates a >modified sinewave (really just 2 or more square waves put together) which >the switchmode supply for the libby won't like. Grr... The SMPS rectifies the input to DC, so it dosen't care about the input shape. Obviously some inverters manage to insert some noise into the system, but waveshape isn't the answer. Mine's modified sine too, nice and quiet. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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] Car power adapter
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 21:29:42 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Car power adapter At 06:40 PM 10/11/01 -0700, Adam Ford wrote: >Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 19:32:52 -0600 >From: "Adam Ford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Car power adapter > >Do any of you know a good place in the US to buy car a car adapter for my >Lib50CT? I have read what you all said about the do it yourself stuff but >personally I'd rather just pay the money for something that is will >definately work safely. So anyone have any recomendations on the best >quiality for lowest cost on adapters? I use a low cost 40W inverter, and the standard brick. Much better protection for the Lib, and more ways to play. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: [LIBRETTO] Re: Nuts and bolts of impoving LCD
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 17:11:31 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: [LIBRETTO] Re: Nuts and bolts of impoving LCD > >Couldn't something in between the two be used if ghosting does present a >problem. I would think that some silvered surface that diffuses the light >might reflect significantly more light than white paper would. Common papers get 90+ % reflectance. A mirror surface might get to 97%. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: [LIBRETTO] Re: Nuts and bolts of impoving LCD
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 15:01:10 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: [LIBRETTO] Re: Nuts and bolts of impoving LCD > >I'm assuming that whatever the material is on the back side of the >illumination layer does NOT have a reflective layer of any kind behind it, >and that some light being generated by the fluorescent bulb(s?) is lost >through the back side of the illumination/diffusion layer. There are two sorts of reflectors. A specular reflector (mirror) preserves any image in the light that falls on it. A diffuse reflector (paper) destroys any image information. So, if there's not already one there, a reflecting layer of white paper would help. A mirror-like sheet of mylar would help too, but might cause some ghosting. A lot will depend on the distance between the LCD and the reflector plane. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: Too many of these for the list [LIB]
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:42:21 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Too many of these for the list [LIB] At 11:44 AM 10/11/01 -0700, E. Smith wrote: >Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:31:46 -0400 >From: "E. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Too many of these for the list [LIB] > >I don't. > >-e. > > > Does anyone out there even want the marker??? I filter on where it comes from, not the flag. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: [LIBRETTO] Re: List software
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2001 21:30:41 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIBRETTO] Re: List software > >1Majodomo stinks, and is less user friendly than SVList. In what way? You subscribe, you unsubscribe.. The rest is email. >2What's wrong with Yahoogroups? Ads. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: [LIBRETTO] Re: L-110 Batteries
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2001 21:29:44 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIBRETTO] Re: L-110 Batteries > >I was of the impression the Librettos used LiIon cells which are a >different matter altogether They do, and they are. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: [LIBRETTO] Re: List software
Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2001 19:33:17 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIBRETTO] Re: List software At 05:29 PM 10/5/01 -0700, Raymond wrote: >Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2001 08:22:10 +0800 >From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIBRETTO] Re: List software > >I still think MajorDomo is nice for a mailing list manager and isn't as >likely to have that unsubscribble problem (because its more tolerant of >misformed commands although you still DO have to spell it right ;-) but >since this one is already well established its probably too hard or >impractical to switch it ... My server is down at the moment (getting a new kernel) but I'd be happy to host it. I have majordomo. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: L-110 Batteries
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 11:52:59 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: L-110 Batteries > >Do you have a camcorder battery part number? No. There are only a couple of cell sizes. Again, a visit to the friendly repair shop should yield some dead packs that can be opened to check cell sizes. I did mine about a year ago (or more?) and I don't remember what the plastics were. It's a very bad idea to mix old and new cells though. If one cell discharges significantly before the others, it may get very hot, and possibly rupture. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: L-110 Batteries
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 20:48:56 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: L-110 Batteries At 06:46 PM 10/2/01 -0700, Lazar Krym wrote: >Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 22:49:43 -0300 >From: "Lazar Krym" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: L-110 Batteries My reccomendation would be to replace all the cells, with fresh cells, probably from camcorder batteries. I've done this on L50 packs, the hardest part is welding the straps to connect the cells. You need someone with a small spot-welder. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: Snippin' was (Re: H RE: UNSUBSCRIBE from Libretto Digest?)
Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 09:35:00 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Snippin' was (Re: H RE: UNSUBSCRIBE from Libretto Digest?) > >Umm ... OK good if we knew WHICH message you were commenting on seeing as >there are a great number with this subject line ... I could hazard a guess >this time but still ... The delicate and sometimes lost art of quoting.. Too much, or not enough. :) -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: Homebrew battery packs
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 13:05:14 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Homebrew battery packs > >Dave - are you able to confirm the point at which the lib starts eating >the internal battery? 'Tis a shame that the lib doesn't seem to know! i could set it up and measure it again. I did this a couple years ago, back when I first got my L50 -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: Homebrew battery packs
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 09:21:20 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Homebrew battery packs At 01:57 AM 9/30/01 -0700, neil barnes wrote: >Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 08:49:18 >From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Homebrew battery packs > > >>>10.8 volts of the internal pack so that the Libretto knows when to switch >>>to internal power. >> >>Not really needed. The L will switch automatically. > >This is only the case if the external voltage goes away completely - or >pretty much so. The lib (50 at least, 70 assumed but not tested) switches >silently to internal power while still indicating external power is being used. I judged that from watching the input current over voltage, not the LEDs. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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 **
Woohoo
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 01:38:45 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Woohoo I finally joined the wireless clan. Linksys PC card and WAP/Router This works great! haven't figured the encryption yet, but I'm not too worried. That's a tomorrow project. Got it running on my L1, I'll try it on the L50 next. :) -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: Homebrew battery packs
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 19:57:54 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Homebrew battery packs > > >>I take it therefore using a constant voltage to charge NiMH packs such > as plugging it into the Libretto's 15 volt regulated supply with 4x1N4004 > diodes to drop the voltage (in the hope that once the battery pack > reaches the charge voltage it'll stop charging due to a lack of voltage > gradient) would be a dangerous way of doing things? > >4.1 or 4.2V per cell, regulated within 1%. Current limited, temperature > limited, time limited. > >Too low, less than full charge. Too high, run away. >Umm ... I thought you only needed to have the voltage higher than cell >voltage in order for NiMH cells to charge (and just limit the current). >Where did 4.1 volts come from? That's the per-cell voltage for Li-Ion cells. >1: Use an external pack of 10 NiMH 3.5AH cells (13 if I can get my hands >on more 3.5AH cells but I very much doubt it) connected in series and >plugged into the external DC-IN port on the L50CT WITHOUT any buck or >boost circuit. The existing 10.8V LiIon pack is retained and left inside >the Libretto as backup. If I'm stuck with a 10 cell NiMH pack then I'll >add a couple of AA NiCad cells Be careful that those cells are OUT of the circuit during run-time. If they are left in, you could have very hot or exploding AA cells. >2: Use some voltage monitoring circuit (I just realized I've got a basic >bargraph voltmeter automotive battery warning kit lying around, I might >use that instead) so that the NiMH pack is disconnected (on the battery >side of the circuit so that it won't oscillate when it gets close to 11 >volts) if it falls below 11 volts (1.1 volts per cell), safely above the >10.8 volts of the internal pack so that the Libretto knows when to switch >to internal power. Not really needed. The L will switch automatically. >3: Recharge the external pack independently of (ie. totally disconnected >from) the Libretto using a current limiting circuit (the one at >www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/gadgets/carnc12.htm looks good, opinions please? >I'm hoping I can get away without having to use the voltage booster if I >charge a 12 volt pack off 15 volts using a splitter cable or alternatively >off a 24 volt wall-brick as I have no idea where I can get my hands on >that IC). If you run at a low current, you can just use a resistor. A 3.5 AH cell will want roughly 350mA, take an 18V wall-wart, and figure the resistor accordingly. It will get warm, but it will work reasonably well. Disconnect after 15 hours. >4: Don't use any peak or temperature detection, instead use a basic 555 >timing circuit and a couple of relays to charge the pack overnight at a >rate of C/3 for 2 hours then C/10 for the rest of the night Dangerous.. If it retriggers, you cook the battery. >(5-7 hours, I might monitor it one time with a voltmeter and see if I can >set a time that's close enough to peak). I realize this won't fully >recharge a totally dead pack, I'm assuming that since I cut power draw at >11 volts (1.1 volts per cell) each cell doesn't discharge fully anyway. Of >course, I'll also make sure that before I charge the NiMH pack I'll >discharge it to 1.1 volts first so that I can be sure I won't overcharge it. 1.0 is generally considered discharged. DONT discharge below that. People do this, and all they are doing is ruining cells. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: Homebrew battery packs
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 14:13:03 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Homebrew battery packs > >I think NICAD batteries need something more complex than just a power source >to finish charging... NICAD rechargers are cheap, and the capacity of D >cells are very good... And batteries plus will weld up a custom pack at quite a reasonable price. Nicads need a constant current source. If you want to charge quickly, you need to watch the pack voltage, and terminate fast charge when the voltage curve flattens out. Then you go to slow charge, but even then, you can't let that run forever, or you get into voltage depression. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: Homebrew battery packs
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 09:30:52 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Homebrew battery packs At 11:06 PM 9/28/01 -0700, Raymond wrote: >Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 13:59:37 +0800 >From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Homebrew battery packs > >Hi Pres, > > >I had a 50 and never got more than 40-50 mins on the standard battery, but > >the extended gave almost 3 hours! Twice the milliamp-hour rating yet more > >than 2x the life has to do with the RATE compared to the capacity of > >withdrawal. >Umm ... OK I'm confused ... what exactly do you mean by the 'rate'? One >wouldn't have thought the Libretto would draw enough current for the >internal resistance difference of the 2 packs to have any impact ... Of >course, I guess that means the claimed '1.5-2h on standard pack, 3-4h on >extended pack' claim by Toshiba is a pile of The rate of withdrawal. If you take energy out of a 1AH battery, at a rate of 1A, then you'll get somewhat less than 1H. You only get the nameplate AH rating if you take the energy out over 10-20H. Confusing, isn't it? :) >I'm hoping to make use of a 12 volt 3.5AH NiMH battery pack I've got lying >around (it was a pack purchased for a laptop that died a month afterwards, >its been sitting gathering dust ever since). You would be better off, to make a 15.6V pack, by adding three more cells. That way, you won't have to do the funky booster. Charge could come from an 18-24V wall-wart with appropriate current limiting resistor. >Since the extended pack is 2.4AH, I'm hoping to get a few hours runtime on >this 3.5AH pack ... if I can figure out how to charge it without blowing >it up! I'm not too concerned if the external (12 volt) battery pack won't >charge the internal (10.8 volt) battery pack (although it'd be nice if it >did) ... of course, if it DOES charge each battery individually then why >would it need 15 volts? (I was of the understanding that older laptops >needed 13-15 volts because they needed to have an input greater than the >packs they were charging which would have been all in series and charged >all together). The L does contain battery charging circuitry, but nobody I know has a schematic, so I wouldn't try to make use of it. It's designed to work with Li-Ion cells, and that's a totally different game. >I take it therefore using a constant voltage to charge NiMH packs such as >plugging it into the Libretto's 15 volt regulated supply with 4x1N4004 >diodes to drop the voltage (in the hope that once the battery pack reaches >the charge voltage it'll stop charging due to a lack of voltage gradient) >would be a dangerous way of doing things? 4.1 or 4.2V per cell, regulated within 1%. Current limited, temperature limited, time limited. Too low, less than full charge. Too high, run away. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: Homebrew battery packs
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 00:05:04 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Homebrew battery packs > >Hmm ... could you recommend a webpage or book which would have a suitable >circuit or a suitable discussion on how to build a simple circuit that >would allow me to charge the pack using a 15 volt supply like the >Libretto's power supply? I wanted to use NiMH because I've got a new 3.5AH >12 volt NiMH battery pack which is a good size (its about 2/3 the area of >the Libretto's base so if I were to make it into a slice there would be >plenty of space for a charging circuit) - it WAS for a laptop I used to >have which died about a month after I got the new pack :-/ How many cells are you running? I wouldn't put much more into it than the 10.8V of a full charged Li-Ion pack, at least not in through the battery terminals. If you've got say a 9 cell pack, then you could do a simple slow charger. You'll get into charge depression if you leave it on slow rate too long though. The MAX712 is a decent charge controller, but it's a bit of a project. Lead acid cells really are the simplest to charge. Just feed them a constant voltage, limit the current, and you're done. >What sort of battery life do you people with 50CTs get with new battery >packs? I know the pack is rated at 1.2AH but my Libretto 50CT is second >hand - the battery pack is already shot so it only runs for half an hour >on a full charge. An hour or so on the standard pack IIRC. Mine's hardly new. I haven't timed them out recently. >For that matter, does anyone have any opinions or experience regarding how >you can trick the regulator on the Libretto by first applying 15 volts (to >get it to turn on) then dropping back to 12 volts to run? (Xin does it on >that page I posted earlier.) I'm just a little hesitant to try that out as >the manual does state (page 2-3 in my manual) that 'Inadequate voltage ... >could damage the computer'. For that matter, given the inbuilt pack is >10.8 volts, is it likely to charge if the input was dropped to 12 volts? >(I have no idea what sorta voltage drop your average charge circuit would >have). I don't believe inadequate voltage will hurt anything. The power pack is a switcher, and will run from DC, I checked it on my bench DC supply. The lib behaves nicely at low voltages, but it dosen't start up till you exceed 13.8V. Xin's info is good. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: Homebrew battery packs
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 23:12:42 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Homebrew battery packs At 08:31 PM 9/28/01 -0700, Raymond wrote: >Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 11:22:38 +0800 >From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Homebrew battery packs > >Hi all! > >Anyone here tried building an external battery pack for their Libretto >(like www.fixup.net/tips/battery/battery.html ) but using NiMH batteries >(10 of them) instead of the sealed lead acid pack? For that matter, does >anyone know if you could charge a NiMH pack the same way as Xin Feng (on >that site) does a sealed lead acid pack (ie. just plug it straight into >the 15 volt Libretto AC adapter on the basis that a charged pack peaks >close enough to 15 volts)? That would be a bad idea. Lead Acid cells drop to zero current at full charge. Nicads and NIMH's increase current at full charge. Not that you couldn't run it from NIMH, but the lib's charger is not a good match to NIMH or Nicad cells. >For that matter, can anyone give me a ballpark figure of how much current >the Libretto 50CT (clocked to 100MHz if that makes any difference) could >be expected to draw on low power (or high power for that matter)? I used to know that. It's something less than 2A. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: Key commands and impedance
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:58:53 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Key commands and impedance > >I'll check around. I thought a $20 Sony amplified set would be pretty >good, but then you just don't know until you hook them up. I destroyed >the plasic package knifing every which way to get the things out. Still, >Frys in CA gives you a month to return ANYTHNG, no questions. I just >happened tob be flying to FL the next day. I despise those packages. It's not your fault you practically have to shred it to get your stuff out. I have no qualms about returning them in that condition either. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: Got it1!
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 12:03:14 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Got it1! At 09:43 AM 9/28/01 -0700, Eiren K. Smith wrote: >Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 12:29:53 -0400 >From: "Eiren K. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Got it1! > >Thanks, Jason. I've been trying that, but no joy. Is there a cylinder limit >past which it will not look for the copied files? My D: partition (where >I've copied the CD files) follows a ~4GB C: partition. Could that be it? > >Also, what directory do I need to point to in the "Select Parition" box? >I've tried "RedHat/", "" (no path specified), "RedHat/base/", and >"RedHat/RPMS/". I've also tried all these without the trailing slash. Still >it says either ""Device /dev/hda5 does not appear to contain Red Hat CDROM >images." and > if I type a directory name wrong, I get "Failed to read directory >/tmp/hdimage/: No such file or directory". > >Can you or anyone else lend some advice? Case matters. RedHat is not the same as redhat -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: Unsolicited, sappy, Lib list testimonial
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:40:16 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Unsolicited, sappy, Lib list testimonial >. Oh, and you'll get good at swearing too :) In cool obscure languages? -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org Got a need to read Bar codes? http://www.barcodechip.com Bi-directional read of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN-8, EAN-13, JAN, and Bookland, with two or five digit supplemental codes, in an 8 pin chip, with NO external parts. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---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: 100 lockup problem
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:27:21 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 100 lockup problem > >What are my options? Is there a good dealer/repair shop? Or should I just >scrap it and buy another? I _don't_ want to scrap it if possible as I don't >have $ or time to get another. Re-seat your ram, and HD connectors. The IDE bus can lock up the whole machine. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org I would have a link to http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?KC6ETE-9 here in my signature line, but due to the inability of sysadmins at TELOCITY to differentiate a signature line from the text of an email, I am forbidden to have it. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Networking a 70CT
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 23:30:32 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Networking a 70CT I found a use for my Japanese L1 manuals, they hold my L50 high enough on the bench to clear the clutter. :) -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org I would have a link to http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?KC6ETE-9 here in my signature line, but due to the inability of sysadmins at TELOCITY to differentiate a signature line from the text of an email, I am forbidden to have it. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Networking a 70CT
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:26:28 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Networking a 70CT > >Only add the protocols you want. Probably NetBEUI and TCP/IP. Remove IPX/SPX >and Client for NetWare. I run here, with just IP, nothing else, on all my machines. Works fine. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org I would have a link to http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?KC6ETE-9 here in my signature line, but due to the inability of sysadmins at TELOCITY to differentiate a signature line from the text of an email, I am forbidden to have it. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Networking a 70CT
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 15:21:48 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Networking a 70CT > >The only thing you need is a Wireless Access Point that connects all your >wireless machine to existing LAN. I bought a Linksys Wireless >AP+Router+4-port Switch all in one for almost the same price as a WAP. Are all 802.11 cards the same then? They do a good job NOT telling you that. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org I would have a link to http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?KC6ETE-9 here in my signature line, but due to the inability of sysadmins at TELOCITY to differentiate a signature line from the text of an email, I am forbidden to have it. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Networking a 70CT
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 13:04:55 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Networking a 70CT > >As for the original question, are you sure there is no HomePNA PCMCIA >adapter? For a laptop, the best networking option is 802.11b Wireless >(11mbps). No wires!! That's what my Lib works now. On that front, I'd like to convert both my portables (L50 and L1) to wireless networking. It's important to me that I am able to share files, and use the net. Currently, everything runs to a 10/100 hub, that connects to a Linksys router (my DHCP server) and then to a cablemodem. What's the best approach here. I'd like to get the most "bang for the buck" of course. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org I would have a link to http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?KC6ETE-9 here in my signature line, but due to the inability of sysadmins at TELOCITY to differentiate a signature line from the text of an email, I am forbidden to have it. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON PCMCIA CARDS
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 11:23:27 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON PCMCIA CARDS At 08:55 AM 8/17/01 -0700, Pres Waterman wrote: >Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 11:49:24 -0400 >From: "Pres Waterman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON PCMCIA CARDS > > > > I think that's rather the point...put 3.3v cards into a 5v slot and watch > > them melt :) > > >I think it's physically impossible to insert a newer CardBus card into a >regular older slot. But I'm not sure, and it can't hurt to have the BIOS >update anyway I know you can't put a cardbus card into an L50, without a hammer. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org I would have a link to http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?KC6ETE-9 here in my signature line, but due to the inability of sysadmins at TELOCITY to differentiate a signature line from the text of an email, I am forbidden to have it. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: What's happened?
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 23:18:04 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: What's happened? At 08:13 PM 8/16/01 -0700, Dave's Libretto wrote: >Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 22:30:03 +0100 >From: "Dave's Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: What's happened? > >Hi, > >I havent had any mail for the list for a few days now. Whats happened? > >Sorry if Im yet another person sending a mail like this... I recently bought an L1, and I thought I would end up selling my '50, but in fact, it's been hard at work for almost two months on the bench helping me design and test systems. (www.barcodechip.com) Looks like I'll be keeping it. :) Great little machine, never a minutes trouble. My L1 is a more capable machine, but it's bigger, and no parallel port means that I can't program chips with it. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org I would have a link to http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?KC6ETE-9 here in my signature line, but due to the inability of sysadmins at TELOCITY to differentiate a signature line from the text of an email, I am forbidden to have it. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: Transplanted Battery (Was: Re: Libretto 100CT Memory)
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 14:14:14 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Transplanted Battery (Was: Re: Libretto 100CT Memory) At 12:06 PM 8/8/01 -0700, John Cooper wrote: >Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 19:59:16 +0100 >From: "John Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Transplanted Battery (Was: Re: Libretto 100CT Memory) > >Thanks for all the tips. > >Are the batteries in the Lib100 pack a special size or something. I have >an elecronics store nearby and they supply various sorts of batteries. They aren't sold retail, except as part of a battery pack, because of their "frag grenade" tendencies when mis-handled. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org I would have a link to http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?KC6ETE-9 here in my signature line, but due to the inability of sysadmins at TELOCITY to differentiate a signature line from the text of an email, I am forbidden to have it. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Any other Toshiba batteries with the right size cells?
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:43:11 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Any other Toshiba batteries with the right size cells? At 08:50 AM 7/26/01 -0700, Tom Stangl wrote: >Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:46:42 -0700 >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Stangl) >Subject: Re: Any other Toshiba batteries with the right size cells? > >OK, answering my own question: >PA2487U battery packs use the same cells, and have 9 of them, so 2 packs >will rebuild 3 extended Libretto batteries. Now all I have to do is figure >out how to join the cells together in the Libretto pack (I guess I'd better >buy a heavyduty soldering gun and silver solder?), as the 2487 cells are >all lined up in a row of 9. Put me in your will first?? :) DONT solder to the batteries. A: The resulting joints would make the pack too long to fit in the holder. B: The heat is bad for the batteries, significantly reducing their life C: Li-Ions have a nasty tendency to play "Frag grenade" when abused like this. D: If they decide not to play frag grenade, then they have another game called "Incindeary run" that you can play. Get thee to a batteries plus store, where they have the proper welder. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org I would have a link to http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?KC6ETE-9 here in my signature line, but due to the inability of sysadmins at TELOCITY to differentiate a signature line from the text of an email, I am forbidden to have it. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: batteries
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 16:28:35 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: batteries > >- replace the cells in the batterypack. I've already opened it, and seems >simple enough, but is this really do-able? There are only a couple sizes of cells out there. You can, at hamfests, find camcorder batteries with two Lib-sized cells each, for $20 or so. I've rebuilt one pack this way. As long as the protection ckts haven't failed, you're ok. You need access to a battery welder though, making good friends at the local "batteries plus" is highly reccomended. -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org I would have a link to http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?KC6ETE-9 here in my signature line, but due to the inability of sysadmins at TELOCITY to differentiate a signature line from the text of an email, I am forbidden to have it. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: batteries
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 12:43:38 -0500 From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: batteries At 09:22 AM 7/15/01 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 18:16:02 +0200 >From: "Robbert J. van Herksen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: batteries > >Well, it's not fatal like with lead-acid types, let me put it this way... It certainly can be. http://www.hynergy.com/Tech_Li.htm -- Dave's Engineering Page: http://www.dvanhorn.org I would have a link to http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/find.cgi?KC6ETE-9 here in my signature line, but due to the inability of sysadmins at TELOCITY to differentiate a signature line from the text of an email, I am forbidden to have it. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
