Re: [LIB] Anyone know of a small wireless keyboard with integrated pointing device?
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 09:20:34 -0800 From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Anyone know of a small wireless keyboard with integrated pointing device? Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 09:16:18 -0800 (PST) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Anyone know of a small wireless keyboard with integrated pointing device? Markus Benne wrote: Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 08:19:19 -0800 (PST) From: Markus Benne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Anyone know of a small wireless keyboard with integrated pointing device? I'm looking for a small wireless keyboard with integrated pointing device. I'd prefer RF wireless over IR. I know there are many available, but they aren't very small. The ideal size is one that is basically just a full size keyboard or slightly smaller without the numeric pad. It is primarily for the passenger in a car to use. The Libretto is mounted on the dash, generally running Street Atlas with the GPS. Thanks! ...Markus Thanks, ...Markus Try this one. OOS on the website, but check your local CompUSA, if in the US, or other store. RF unit, pointer is on the right side, mouse button on the left, no numeric keypad. I have seen these same units in some hotels with web TV enabled in the rooms. Never used it, but seems to be a decent piece of equipment. You will need a Y-splitter on the PS2 port I think. It is stamped IBM but is manufactured by Micro Innovations. http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=297630pfp=BROWSE Regards, Kevin - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest ** ** 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] Anyone know of a small wireless keyboard with integrated pointing device?
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 09:16:18 -0800 (PST) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Anyone know of a small wireless keyboard with integrated pointing device? Markus Benne wrote: Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 08:19:19 -0800 (PST) From: Markus Benne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Anyone know of a small wireless keyboard with integrated pointing device? I'm looking for a small wireless keyboard with integrated pointing device. I'd prefer RF wireless over IR. I know there are many available, but they aren't very small. The ideal size is one that is basically just a full size keyboard or slightly smaller without the numeric pad. It is primarily for the passenger in a car to use. The Libretto is mounted on the dash, generally running Street Atlas with the GPS. Thanks! ...Markus Thanks, ...Markus Try this one. OOS on the website, but check your local CompUSA, if in the US, or other store. RF unit, pointer is on the right side, mouse button on the left, no numeric keypad. I have seen these same units in some hotels with web TV enabled in the rooms. Never used it, but seems to be a decent piece of equipment. You will need a Y-splitter on the PS2 port I think. It is stamped IBM but is manufactured by Micro Innovations. http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=297630pfp=BROWSE Regards, Kevin - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] newest Libretto!
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:30:02 -0800 (PST) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] newest Libretto! On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Fran wrote: Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 09:04:07 +1300 From: Fran [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] newest Libretto! I'll take 2 of those 400MHz equiv. dog slow laptops to replace my 166 and 233 blazing fast Libbys. I don't look at MHz ratings nowadays. When I first got my Thinkpad T21 800MHz I noticed that there was something different when running on batteries. Nothing I could put my finger on just a feel. Things like not quite so snappy when scrolling webpages in opera. I checked /proc/cpu and it was screaming along at 177MHz. My .02 Fran :):):) I agree. A friend of mine has a Toshiba Satellite with a 700Mhz PIII, which seems to run very slow. At times my 266 L100 will almost perform faster. Personally, my next laptop purcahse will probably by a Portege 7020CT. Still light enough to travel with, yet powerful enough to use some newer apps or multitask a little better, plus watch DVDs on the plane. Of course, I would probably still carry the Lib on a daily basis, and synchronize as needed, for as long as I could. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Recommendations for Great GPS software?
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 06:47:22 -0800 (PST) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Recommendations for Great GPS software? Richard T. Waters wrote: I've been using the rand Mcnally GPS with Delorme Street Atlas 7. Since I upgraded to Windows 2000 I've noticed a great improvement in the GPS initialization time. As far as software - I am waffling between SA 9 and SA 2003. I ain't so sure that 2003 is better, and the requirements seem high. TeleType (www.teletype.com) got my interest when they were reviewed in PC magazine and compared favorably to in car systems. I have not heard anything else about them. I have the Rand McNally GPS receiver and the GPS software it came with. A little dated - 2000 edition, but it works. It does have a nifty feature that puts a compass/altitude/speed indicator next to it. However, I have not been able to get it to reilably work under Win2K. Refuses to regognize the GPS over the serial connection. It also uses a PS2 power tap for power, although there is a car adapter available. Quick initialization when it works though, but no good inside buildings. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] External Slim DVD-ROM player, 32-bit Cardbus PCMCIA $49
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 07:08:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] External Slim DVD-ROM player, 32-bit Cardbus PCMCIA $49 On Wed, 25 September 2002, Lines, Nick wrote: Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2002 05:36:55 -0400 From: quot;Lines, Nickquot; lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; Subject: Re: [LIB] External Slim DVD-ROM player, 32-bit Cardbus PCMCIA $49 @ Wow! Sold out already? Nick. In case anybody is interested, they also have the Archos MiniCD drive for the same price as well. Comes with PC Card and USB connectors, powered off the laptop, and apparently has DOS drivers for the PC Card, based on the website. You could always pick it up and switch out the internals with a cheapo laptop DVD drive, per Anke's earlier post. Providing you can find one. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Defecting to Fujitsu
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:16:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Defecting to Fujitsu On Thu, 11 July 2002, Karen L. Comer wrote Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 08:29:09 -0400 From: Karen L. Comer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Defecting to Fujitsu I've been reading this list for a long time and learned many great tips for using my 50CT, but I'm defecting to a Fujitsu P-series and I'll probably unsubscribe shortly (If I can! g). The Fujitsu is wonderful...bigger than the Libby of course...but the size difference is worth it for the features you get. If you crawl in bed and put in a DVD and sit the Fuji on your chest it's like watching a big screen TV! Thanks for all the tips and entertainment! I hope you enjoy your new laptop. I wouldn't mind one of the Fujitsus myself, they are pretty nifty units. Unfortunately, it will be a long time till I can afford something newer than my L100. Even then, I would still be tempted to carry the Lib regularly, and use the newer laptop for more processor intensive tasks, etc. Of course, with all the money I have invested and continue to invest in my Lib, I could probably get something newer ;) - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] 16-bit combo LAN PC Card for Libretto 70CT
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 08:01:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 16-bit combo LAN PC Card for Libretto 70CT I've had weird but related problems with my L100 coming out of standby and not picking things up ... to the extent that before going into standby I'd stop all devices first ... problems included the laptop not making it out of standby at all (stuck with that little blinking cursor) and the laptop rebooting straight after it comes out of standby. However, lately I forgot a couple of times and its been fine! *sigh* these things are weird ... having said THAT, when I had my L50, its detection was bulletproof ... coming out of standby I could have changed whatever I liked (plugged in cards or left cards plugged in, whatever) and it'd pick them up straight away ... I wonder why that sorta compatibility went backwards in the L100 ... - Raymond On my L100 running Win2k, I have had no problems with cards when coming out of standby or hibernate, at least so far. Granted, I tend to use hibernate more than standby these days, but no real issues. The card that is in it on a daily basis is a IBM branded Xircom Realport NIC/modem card. Every once in a while if I accidentally pull it out while trying to unplug a network cable, it will need two insertions to get WIn2k to identify it properly. I have got to remember to simply shut down the card prior to disconnecting the network cable. The prong tends to get caught a little on the port, and if you are not careful you pull the card straight out of the socket. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Info about the keyboard and mouse ports ... IT
Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 13:06:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Info about the keyboard and mouse ports ... IT On Fri, 31 May 2002, Raymond wrote Subject: Re: [LIB] Info about the keyboard and mouse ports ... IT WORKS Hi all! OK after all that self-correcting, I've finally gone and soldered wires to those 4 points on that resistor array (keyboard and mouse data and clock) plus 1 wire to the 2nd pin from the left on the battery connector (ground) plus 1 wire to the bit above those SMD resistors on top of the board (for IFVCC), brought them out (I removed the infrared window to get the wires out), wired up a little connector, plugged in a mouse and keyboard, powered it all up and it all works! I now have fully working external keyboard and mouse ports! It even works if I boot without anything connected, suspend, plug my stuff in then resume! Great. Glad to see you made it out alive, so to speak. By your description do you have two seperate plugs, one for keyboard and one for mouse, or is it just a single one that will work for either mouse or keyboard? If it is just one, does a standard Y-splitter work to allow simultaneous operation of an external mouse and keyboard? Now if I can just get up off my duff and see if I can hack this folding Palm keyboard into an external PC keyboard, I will be set!! I've taken plenty of photos of the procedure in various stages of execution, I'll be writing up a page on it in the next couple of days and *hopefully* find myself another place to host my pages ... just figured I'd tell you all that it actually works though and yes my L100 survived! :-) - Raymond I look forward to seeing your pix. Sounds like a great weekend project. I need to hook up my new Atek mouse without the mini dock now! - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Graphic printing software
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 12:52:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Graphic printing software On Tue, 28 May 2002, Matthew Hanson wrote Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 06:35:11 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Graphic printing software Hey David Neil, Since you two guys work with photography to some extent, I wonder if you can recommend some graphic printing software that I could get for my brother. He's not that great at learning much about computers and software. But he bought a digital camera, and has started to try to re-work them and print them out. The re-working he'll get at some point, but he's having a problem when it comes to printing. Every time he prints an image, he wastes the majority of a sheet of paper when the software he uses prints an image in the center of the paper. In order to get most photo editing software to print a photo in the corner of the paper, you have to go into page setup and set the paper size smaller to fool it into thinking it's printing on 4.25x5.5 inch paper. Do you know if there's any software that has reasonable (he doesn't need anything too involved) photo editing capability that will allow you to print multiple images wherever you want them on one piece of 8.5x11 inch paper? What I'd like to see, is something that would let you plunk down as many graphics onto a 8.5x11 area where you could then drag each around to various positions on the paper, then be able to pull the corners to rezize the print size for each, and have the software automatically set the resolutions to optimize the printing for each photo. Am I dreaming, or have you ever seen something like this? All thoughts and comments are always much appreciated. Thanks guys, Shel What kind of printer does he have? I have only limited digital photo experience, but I can tell you what I have. I have one of the HP Photosmart printers, the P1000. An excellent printer overall. The picture quality, especially on glossy paper is amazing. Very fast as well, plus it has CF and Smartmedia slots on the printer itself. The photo printing software allows you to print exactly as you wish, multiple passport sizes on one sheet, three 4x6 prints, etc. Very cool and very easy to use. I think the current generation of is priced at 199, so a good deal overall. I think Sams or Costco in the US sells a bundle pack with a duplexer that allows double sided printing, if you ever need it. Regards, Kevin - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Soldering temperatures
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 06:38:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Soldering temperatures Although I appreciate the image of the wearable computer why not just use the EPR with it's mouse/keyboard PS/2 ports? It seems like an awful lot of work to fabricate what's already there?! Get a small traveling optical mouse and a foldable membrane keyboard (which for my money has better feel and less rattle than the PDA units, is cheaper and packs easier with less space as well) or get a PMCIA card USB hub and use USB accessories - an even cleaner, less bulky setup. This all works well in my L110 with Win2K. I'm just waiting for the foldable membrane 15 LCD draped over my knee to add to all of this.#8~} Chester The EPR is too bulky and requires its own power supply in order to work. Although the minidock does have a PS2/Keyboard port on it, and should work with a Y-splitter to use both external mouse and keyboard at the same time, that is just one more thing to carry. Although I do take it on trips and such, I would be much happier with a system that did not require the dock yet allowed me to still use an external mouse and keyboard, as those are the two most frequent items that I find a use for while on a trip. If I have a lot of typing to do, a foldable full size keyboard would be a definite plus. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Soldering temperatures
Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 09:54:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Soldering temperatures Hi all! OK after having a flick through the L100 workshop manual that David so kindly provided us with, I feel confident enough to make some ... umm ... 'modifications' ;-) Just a couple of questions regarding general electronics work before I commence lest I fry something ... Firstly, I've been using a cheap and nasty 25W soldering iron to do my soldering work (hey, I'm a student, thats all I can get my hands on ;-) ... but now I've been given access to a nice soldering station that does 200ºC through 500ºC (and a bit beyond I think). What sort of temperature would be suitable for soldering to the delicate SMD circuits on the Libretto motherboard? Would it be dangerous using lead-free electronics solder for this (lead-free solder requires a higher temperature to melt)? When I did the OC on mine I used a 15W iron. I already had a 30W but I felt it was maybe a little too hot to use for the modification. Also make sure it is a decent one. My previous iron was a pretty cheap one overall, and had a tendency to overheat, IMO. You will also need a very fine needle type point for the iron for such delicate work. I think Xin mentioned a modification or something to make a really small tip, but I cannot recall correctly. I just bought the finest tip available from my local Radio Shack, and it worked fine. Secondly, when the motherboard is unpowered, how safe is it using your average digital multimeter to do continuity tests? I've heard that its not wise to use some multimeters to continuity test certain circuits due to the currents involved ... I'll be seeing if I can add a couple of PS/2 ports (mouse and keyboard), similar idea to that mentioned on Xin's website but I'll be trying to solder onto lines 95 through 98 plus the power lines on the back of the docking connector (I'd rather damage THAT than damage the chipset) ... if that works I'll also make an attempt at bringing out the USB lines (I'll have to find somewhere to take a few volts from to supply the USB power lines though). Anyone got any suggestions? I don't know if you can get the USB ports to work, I thought the controller was on the EPR. I could be mistaken though. Would be a nice mod if you can get it figured out. PS2 and keyboard would certainly be nice. If I can ever get my Palm foldaway keyboard to work with a PC it would be pretty nifty. Just haven't had the time to really mess with it lately. - Raymond - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Soldering temperatures
Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 20:25:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Soldering temperatures Actually, the keyboard thing is something I've been meaning to try out for a while ... the Palm/Stowaway keyboards are just serial connections ... I *THINK* they could just be rigged into the serial port (and powered somehow) and, if they're nice they'll just be sending ASCII codes through serial. If not, I'd imagine it'd be a relatively trivial task of rigging up a PIC 16F84 to translate (especially since they use so little power you can power them off the DTR line of your average serial port). I do wonder if you could directly tap the serial line on the docking connector though ... the line driver might well be in the docking bar itself given I can only see the E232C line mentioned (although I haven't looked *TOO* closely). It should work, it is just a matter of getting the right signals to the right lines. I found some information on setting it up to work with Linux, just need to build a convertor to connect to the Palm keyboard. I have the link at work, will try to post it tomorrow. At least they got it working on the serial port anyway. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Lib Sync to Palm over IR
Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 06:42:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Lib Sync to Palm over IR Ashley Allan Elsdon wrote Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 10:42:36 +0100 From: Ashley Allan Elsdon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LIB] Lib Sync to Palm over IR I am trying to synchronise my palm to Outlook 98 using desktop to go, but the every time I ask the palm to synchronise the libretto does nothing. The IR monitor says that it can see the Palm, but nothing happens at all. Can anyone help ? I am not that familiar with Palm syncing, but my experience with my old TI Avigo and my current Psion indicate it sometimes takes a couple of tweaks to get it to work properly. I assume you are running Win98, since you are using Outlook 98? Since your PC sees the Palm over IR, at least your IR port is working, so far. Does the Palm have the capability to beam individual files, such as a sketch, word document or contact info? You might try that first to make sure you can at least do a rudimentary file transfer. It has been a while since I messed with IR on a W98 pc, but is there an option to disable picture transfer in the IR dialog box under control panel? I know that option has caused problems for people using IR under Win2k with PDAs. You also might want to make certain you have the correct virtual IR port configured on your sync software, otherwise it may be looking for a connection on the wired serial port instead. Hope this helps. Kevin - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] W32.Klez.gen@mm virus floating around?
Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 06:17:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] W32.Klez.gen@mm virus floating around? Raymond wrote Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 20:49:31 +0800 From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: W32.Klez.gen@mm virus floating around? Has anyone else received what appears to be a 'fake' bounced message to the email address they use on this list with the W32.Klez.gen@mm virus? I received the following weird email just now (and I only use this email address for this list) ... I've scanned my box and it comes up clean as far as this particular virus is concerned. This virus is known to spoof email addresses, one wonders if it was MY email address spoofed or was [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoofed ... *sigh* - Raymond X-Persona: __ Return-path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Envelope-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivery-date: Wed, 01 May 2002 22:41:41 -0700 Received: from [207.217.120.12] (helo=harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net) by mx.mailix.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1739LY-JZ-00 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 01 May 2002 22:41:40 -0700 Received: from user-2ivfi93.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.201.35] helo=Cgarb) by harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 1739L7-0005GF-00 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 01 May 2002 22:41:13 -0700 From: postmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Returned mail--look,my beautiful girl friend MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=L6ny068wJIdixdG138b11Lg9P226 Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 22:41:13 -0700 Content-Type: text/html; The following mail can't be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: look,my beautiful girl friend The file is the original mail attachment: Systems.scr I haven't seen it on mine, but will keep an eye out for it. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: overlay programs [LIB]
Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 06:28:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB] Matthew Hanson wrote Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 03:16:26 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sounds to me like the overlay thing itself is introducing a significant level of FUD and increasing the chances that you're going to have the problems in the first place... Wouldn't it be a lot simpler/safer/reliable just to keep all the troubleshooting/recovery stuff in the first 8GB than to do the overlay thing? From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't think I have heard of anyone having serious problems with a Win2K only setup and no drive overlay. I think a lot of people are so used to using them under Win9x that they go ahead and install it anyway. Have I missed something (with me there's a good probability of these things)? Are there alternatives for seeing the whole 8MB HDD for Win9.x installations with Libs with this BIOS limitation? Matt (Shel) For Win9x, you must use an overlay in order to see the whole drive. I don't think there is any way around that. Otherwise you run smack into the BIOS wall at 8gb. Only real question is which one to use. EZBIOS seems to be the preferred favorite, the others do not work very well with the libretto, especially when it comes to resuming from hibernation and possibly standby. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] W32.Klez.gen@mm virus floating around?
Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 12:30:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] W32.Klez.gen@mm virus floating around? Bah ... I don't think anyone here minds off-topic, unrelated-to-libretto posts ;-) Of course we don't. After all, we truly love talking about digital cameras, f/stop and focal length, and the proper method to unsubcribble. It is what we do, no? - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: overlay programs [LIB]
Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 12:40:11 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB] Would it be possible to have a Win'2K/Win'95 dual boot setup (or Win'2K/Win'98) where Win'2K has access to all the partitions on a big HDD, but Win'95/98 just sees the BIOS-accessible 8GB and is prevented from accessing the rest? I'm thinking the first 8Gb could be regarded as the space in which all shared data must go, the remainder would be Win'2K exclusive data (and you wouldn't need to do the overlay thing). It might be possible. I never tried it myself, but it would seem to make sense. With no overlay Win9x should be limited to just the 8gb portion, and never see the Win2k install or the rest of the drive. However, I do not know if Win95 might make changes to the FAT system that could potentially interfere with Win2K, since they are basically seeing different drives. With an overlay running, I would think that kind of activity would be controlled through the overlay, and thus prevent damage to the FAT. I am not certain on that, but it seems that it may happen. I think I used to have problems with the FAT on my old HDD with both Win95 and Win2K every once in a while when I ran a disk scan, but my memory may be failing me. Plus I had both OS running on a 2.1gb HDD on the same partition. Strange that they were able to peacefully (for the most part) co-exist. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Win2K installs on 100/110s
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 06:58:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Win2K installs on 100/110s On Tue, 30 April 2002, Tom Stangl wrote Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:59:09 -0700 From: Tom Stangl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Win2K installs on 100/110s Hmmm, thought I sent this, but maybe Communicator crashed when the email was open I know this has been discussed before, but does anyone have a SUMMARY of all the steps necessary to install Win2K on a Lib 100/110? A lot depends on your set up, specifically your CDROM. On mine, I use a Backpack CDROM that has parallel capability, so I do not have to worry about CSS to get the PC card setup. When I installed my 30gb IBM, this is what I did. 1. Create a boot disk from Win9x, set up to boot and load your CDROM drivers 2. Install your new HDD 3. Boot from floppy, FDISK and format 4. I installed EZBIOS, it was the only one that worked and sine I also have Win95 as well, I needed it. 5. I set up a total of 4 partitions. The first two were under the 8gb limit, then two partitions that were roughly 10gb each. I also created a hidden partition at the 8gb boundary that covered the 1010-1040 cylinder area for BIOS hibernation and Win95 hibernation. I know the size works out to be about 250mb total, but I figured with 30gb I could spare the room. I just didn't feel like trying to reduce it to the smallest size possible. 6. Reboot with EZBIOS installed, boot from the floppy, and install Win2K from the CD, and it will handle the rest. On my particular install, I used the L100 recovery CDROM to install the Win95 portion onto C:, then installed Win2K from within Win95. and performed a clean install on D:, which automatically set up my boot menu as well. 7. Win2K will recognize everything in the Libretto, including the floppy drive. BIOS 8.0 is an absolute minimum to work properly with Win2K. I had Win2k running on my old HDD with v8.0 with no problems, then updated to 8.1 when it came out. No problems with the floppy in any install. Only had to install a couple updated drivers for PC cards and such that were more current than what was included with Win2K. That is pretty much it. I used Partition Magic 7.0 to fine tune the partitions, EZBIOS 9.09w. I have a L100, OC to 266 w/64mb. Drive is an IBM 30gb travelstar. I would highly reccomend the IBM, at least in their notebook drives. Bigger cache than Toshiba, and 3 year warranty. I'd like to install it, and if anyone has a summary, I'd be happy to build an HTML page and post it, and any Libretto webmasters would be free to copy it to their site. Key points: What needs to be copied from the Win2K CD to the HD for the install? Is there a Win\Options\CAB like on the Win98 CD, and if so, what is the path? Do you need any other files/directories? I think if you wanted to copy the install files to the HDD, and install from there, you copied the i386 directory, then you would not need the CD for the install. Never did it that way though, so I may be off on the directory. If you already have Win98 on the system, will the Win2K install: Barf and quit Ask if you want to install over Win98 Ask if you want to install to a new directory Ask if you want to set up a dualboot with Win98 Tell you that you need to reinstall Win98 afterwards, and customize it for dualboot (I don't THINK so, I think Win2K has to be installed AFTER Win98 to avoid problems)? In order for dual boot to work automatically, it needs to be installed second. That is how I always did it, and never had a problem. If win98 is already on the machine, you can install Win2k from within Win98 via the CD, it will give you an option for a clean install, and just select the partition you want it to be on, and it will handle the rest. At least that is how it handled mine under Win95, so should do the same under Win98. Are there any files outside of the Win2K CD you'll need? Floppy drivers? Win2K, or use Win98? The only Win2K specific file I see on the Toshiba site for 110s is the Power Extensions - should I use that one or the one from Win2K? I installed 2 or 3 Toshiba files after installing Win2k. I will need to dig through my drive and find them. One was the power extensions for Win2k. Another was the HW tools from Toshiba. There might have been a third set, but I can't seem to remember right now. What is the recommended BIOS level for Win2K on a 110? 6.5, 7.3, 8.0, or 8.1? If you haven't upgraded to 8.1, you might as well do it. I think 8.0 was the version Toshiba released for the initial compatibility with Win2k, and 8.1 fixed a glitch with the 3.3/5.0v on the PC Card socket. I'm considering just buying a 40Gig IBM Travelstar, since they're only $148 at newegg.com. Then I can install clean. All I'll need at that point is another hard drive handle. Does anyone know a place that sells them at a REASONABLE
Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 07:07:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb On Tue, 30 April 2002, Cerulean Skies wrote Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 05:44:35 + From: Cerulean Skies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb So I'm finally taking the big step and am in the process of upgrading my HD to a 20GB one. I'm following some advice I saw on the list a while ago, using a windows boot disk's fdisk to partition out the first 8.4 minus hibernation space, and a second hibernation partition, then use a disk manager to partition the rest. However, when I tried to fdisk, it can only see 7978 MB, and will only let me parition 1137 MB. Any ideas as to why? I'm using a Win95 OSR2 boot disk, my BIOS hasn't been upgraded (it's still 6.40), the HD is an IBM-DJSA-220. Shultz I would probably upgrade your BIOS first, then perform the install. Will you be putting Win9x back on the new drive, or going to Win2K or XP? When I replaced mine I think FDISK only saw the 8gb or so. I used EZBIOS to get past the 8gb limitation and Partition Magic to sort out the hibernation space. Try the BIOS upgrade first, then try to FDISK again. That might solve part of your problem. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] 100CT overclocking (again)
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 08:29:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT overclocking (again) Lines, Nick wrote Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 09:16:39 -0500 From: Lines, Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 100CT overclocking (again) I'm trying to find a definitive answer on overclocking the 100CT, as I'm confused. This is a fairly natural state for me to be in. :-) 200MHz seems rock stable on all machines, 233MHz seems like a good option but is a swine to do and 266MHz is not without risk. However, how do I overclock. I've looked at David's site and looked at his picture, but then the text lower down on the site says something else to what's in the picture. Dr Xin's page is good, but looks different again, saying that I have to remove a resistor for 200MHz. And finally, this Swiss page says something different again. http://home.datacomm.ch/psumesgutner/libretto/en/oc_100_c.htm Before I blow things up, what's the right way to get 200MHz, or should I just try 266MHz? And is there an easy way to get 233? Thanks, Nick. I used Xin's instructions on his page to OC my L100 from 166 to 266 with no problems. Pretty delicate procedure though, very small and precise soldering is required. DO NOT use any soldering iron stronger than 15W, otherwise you run a risk of damaging some of the nearby resistors due to the excessive heat. Been a while since I looked at the 233 procedure though, so I cannot comment on that. I suppose if you wanted to you could send it to Xin to do, as he does perform the service. I think right now if you send it to him for his new PS2 port solution, he will do the OC at no charge. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 14:04:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb Matthew Hanson wrote Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 19:05:12 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Play it safe, get an overlay program and do it properly. Does David, or someone else, still have a link posted to the proper version of EZDrive with EZBios (9.09?) that a lot of us have used? It took him a while to track down a copy, and might not be easy for someone setting up a 8MB HDD these days to find. Matt (Shel) I have a copy on my HDD, I can email it to someone if they can take the size, or upload it to someone if they can host it. Unfortunately I do not have the capability to host it myself. Don't remember offhand just how large it is, I think around 1mb or so. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: overlay programs [LIB]
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 14:12:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 02:45:02 +0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: overlay programs [LIB] I'm just curious - in a 20/30/40GB HDD L100/L110 scenario, if you're going to run Win'2K as your one and only OS - are these overlay programs totally redundant? And if not, what purpose would they serve in such a scenario? Primarily, I think you would have problems if you had a total system crash and had to reboot from DOS to fix it. At that point you could only see the 8gb, and if the files you needed to fix whatever problem you had were beyond that, they would be inaccessible. With the overlay running, you could still access all your other partitions in DOS. This is the only circumstance that immediately comes to mind. Kevin - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 14:17:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb Tom Stangl wrote Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 12:53:22 -0700 From: Tom Stangl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb OK, I loaded Fixup using IE because the formatting SUCKED for Communicator, and it wouldn't let me access the download in IE. But it loaded fine in Communicator. http://www.fixup.net/tips/20gb/20gb.htm http://www.fixup.net/download/wd/- this is the EZBios image http://www.winimage.com/download.htm - here's where you get WinImage to create a floppy from the EZBios image. Remember, this will only work with WD and IBM drives, so if you don't have a Travelstar HD, you'll need to use EZBios on a desktop with a WD or IBM drive to get it to work (according to Xin's page). The problem I ran into was that the newer version of EZBIOS on Xins site would not recognize my IBM, and thus would not install. It was not until I found the v9.09 that I finally got it to work. Something to do with the newer Travelstar drives, primarily the ones larger than 20gb. Kevin - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: overlay programs [LIB]
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 14:26:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 03:20:01 +0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB] I'm just curious - in a 20/30/40GB HDD L100/L110 scenario, if you're going to run Win'2K as your one and only OS - are these overlay programs totally redundant? And if not, what purpose would they serve in such a scenario? They are redundant if you are ONLY going to run Win2K. If you are going to dualboot with Win95/98, you'll need them. One more, again for no reason other than idle curiosity - what are the typical / most likely scenarios now where Win'95 and/or Win'98 are preferrable to Win'2K on an L100/L110 with 64MB and a 20/30/40GB HDD? The only reason I have Win95 on mine is to run some older programs I still use that will not run under Win2K, and to still use the IR port the way it was intended to be used. I can only fully backup or sync my PDA under Win95, as IR transfer does not work with it under Win2K. I also have a Canon BJC-80 IR printer that I drag around on long trips from time to time, and I can only print to it under Win95 using IR, it will not work under Win2K, and Canon claims it not compatible with Win2K for IR printing only. Thos are the main reasons. Eventually I will no longer need some of these older programs and will do away with the Win95 partition, and go to a strict Win2K setup. Regards, Kevin - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: overlay programs [LIB]
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 19:23:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 05:21:40 +0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: overlay programs [LIB] I'm just curious - in a 20/30/40GB HDD L100/L110 scenario, if you're going to run Win'2K as your one and only OS - are these overlay programs totally redundant? And if not, what purpose would they serve in such a scenario? Primarily, I think you would have problems if you had a total system crash and had to reboot from DOS to fix it. At that point you could only see the 8gb, and if the files you needed to fix whatever problem you had were beyond that, they would be inaccessible. With the overlay running, you could still access all your other partitions in DOS. This is the only circumstance that immediately comes to mind. Sounds to me like the overlay thing itself is introducing a significant level of FUD and increasing the chances that you're going to have the problems in the first place... Wouldn't it be a lot simpler/safer/reliable just to keep all the troubleshooting/recovery stuff in the first 8GB than to do the overlay thing? Ultimately, I would think that would be fine in a strict Win2K install, since Win2K has no problems seeing the entire drive. Over time as the drive gets used, becomes fragmented and I assume defragmented by any number of decent programs, some of the vital data may eventually migrate betond the 8gb boundary. Still, wouldn't really make a difference with Win2K since it does not have to be on a partition in the 8gb limit to boot, and I would assume that the boot partition would not be any larger than the 8gb anyway, and use the remainder for storage or program install for the less frequently used stuff. Perhaps make a seperate partition with your recovery info, and leave it static. Maybe even hide it, and then all you would need to do is unhide it and boot to DOS, and you are ready to restore, fix, whatever. I don't think I have heard of anyone having serious problems with a Win2K only setup and no drive overlay. I think a lot of people are so used to using them under Win9x that they go ahead and install it anyway. I have not done so, so I cannot say for certain that this is correct, but it would make sense. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Solar Panels
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:30:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Solar Panels On Mon, 29 April 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 16:39:54 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Solar Panels There was some interest in using the Libretto with solar panels a while back. I think I might have found some that will work if the information I found is accurate. First I found out that the Libretto takes about a amp of current from the AC adapter when it isn't charging and is being used. Second I found that when the Libretto is off and charging it uses about .6 amp. Has anyone measured the current that can confirm these measurements? So with this I found some setups that might work. They provide about 1.2 amps or greater which would be enough to run but you'd really want to shut it off to charge otherwise it'd take about three days to fully charge the battery. In fact the libretto might not even charge when running since the method of terminating charge is when the current drops and the panel might not provide enough current to get over the limintation. Anyway two of the panels I found are sold by Realgoods. I think the url is http://www.realgoods.com The first one is the Sun Catcher Professional part # 11586 cost 345 This one looks pretty good, it comes in a case and uses Kyocera solar cells. Should get 20 years of life from them. One advantage to this one is it comes with a voltage regulator which limits the panel voltage to 12 volts so you can simply plug in the auto adapter and use it. Under full sunlight they claim about 1.3 amps but from my experience with solar if they claim 1.3 you'll get 1.1 or so useable under full direct sunlight. The second is a 10 watt panel that is sold with a prewired cigarette lighter socket. You'd need two of these. Cost is 129 for one and part # is 06-0384. They claim about .6 amps with one panel so a person is looking at about 1 amp useable under full bright sunlight. This one doesn't come with a regulator so a person would have to set something up since the panel is rated for 16.5 volts and might reach as high as 20 which would completely shutdown any aoto adapter The third is called the Notepower and like the Suncatcher comes in its own case. Its 250 and doesn't come with a regulator. That is sold seperately for an extra 100 bucks. It is rated like the others. I lost the companies name that sells it but will dig it up if anyone is interested. All of these are packable and only weigh a couple pounds. John There was a guy who did rig up a solar power system for his libretto, and used it on a bicycle touring trip a couple years back. However, he had the solar rig hooked up to a 12v battery system and powered the libretto off that so he could get extra run time in the evenings, just had to cheat the libretto into thinking it had 15v. Here is the link if you want to look through the info. There may be something you can use. http://briandesousa.com/bicycling/bikecurrent/solar.htm - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Overclocking
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:10:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Overclocking On Tue, 30 April 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 01:59:23 +0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Overclocking Best bet however for those wanting a bit more umpf from their L110s? 1) max ram to 64MB. It'll make it run as fast as it possibly can. 2) replace HD with 30+GB 9.5mm HD. The latest HDs transfer data far quicker than the ol' 3GB HD on the L110, and that alone will make your L110 feel quite snappy. bigger 2MB cache buffers also do wonders for snappiness and performance on the L110. 3) defrag completely with a good disk defragmenter like Norton Speed Disk. (minor, esp. on a newely setup system, so don't bother with this unless you've got time and money to waste). 4) Windows 98SE or lower. Anything higher will kill system performance. Turn off 'display icons in all colors', use 16-bit display mode, turn off animated menus, turn the background to pure black, etc. will keep the OS running as quickly as possible w/o lagging due to silly shadows and animations. 98lite.net if needed to squeeze out extra performance. With maxed out ram, 30GB HD, and Win98SE optimized, my L110 is running quite snappily for the most part and does a great job as a portable laptop. My 2 Cents / Sen / Ringgit / Kip / Pennies / whatever: - I've always had 64MB in my L110 (Win'98) - used it for two years, defragged regularly - then upgraded to a 30MB HDD with Win'2K I know it's subjective, but... I have to say, it's definitely faster with Win'2K and the 30GB HDD than it is with Win'98 and the 4.3GB HDD. As well as all the other advantages (I don't think I've found a disadvantage yet), it even boots faster... I've still got Win'98 on the old HDD and on the odd occasions I've popped it back in, it makes me smile by reminding me what a tremendous improvement has taken place. I would agree. I never had Win98 on mine, only Win95 when I first bought it, then Win2k after that. On the old 2.1gb, it was pretty slow, especially in Win2k. The OC helped some, but the real change came when I put in the IBM 30gb HDD. That 2mb cache and faster access time really helped a lot. Since I maintain dual boot with Win95 and Win2k, I can say that Win95 will boot very quickly, almost as fast as a resume from hibernation. It is also pretty quick with apps while running. Win2k, although faster on boot than before on the old drive, still takes a little more time. Hibernation is pretty quick though, and there is very little disk access at idle. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] 100CT battery life
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:59:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT battery life On Sat, 27 April 2002, John Musielewicz wrote Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:27:11 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 100CT battery life Hi I was looking at a 100CT which was overclocked to 233 MHz and the owner claimed that on the extended battery with no power savings- i.e. display at full brightness, cpu at full bore, hard drive on, he was getting over 4 hours of battery life. Was he talking baloney or does the 100CT get such an awesome life. Does this mean the 100CT gets over 5 hours if power saving is used and if it isn't overclocked? John I have an L100CT OC to 266, I usually get around 3 hrs with an extended battery pack. My use also tends to be pretty light as well. Internet surfing, completing projects on the road, GPS mapping, etc. I do not use it as an MP3 player, so the HDD does not get used very hard. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Cases
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:03:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Cases On Sat, 27 April 2002, John Musielewicz wrote Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 13:01:50 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cases I am presently using two cases for my 70. A Pelican waterproof case which fits everything I need nicely and a Targus dayplanner case. I have a problem with the Targus case though. It isn't deep enough to hold the Libretto and all the pcmcia cards and cables I need. It would be really cool if it was about the same width and height but about an inch thicker. It is about 10 by 6 by 2 thick. Does anyone use a dayplanner case and what do you use? I need to carry about 3 pcmcia cards plus various cables along with the Libretto. John Try this. I have never used or seen one in person, but it looks like it might fit the bill. I always thought about getting one myself, but could never justify the expense. Looks like they have it on sale right now. Bag designed for the Libretto and Newton, way back when. Has some PC Card slots and an expandable external pocket for cables, etc. http://www.pda-concepts.com/ - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] li-ion cells
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 15:23:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] li-ion cells On Sun, 28 April 2002, Gennadiy Tsygan wrote Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 23:54:47 -0400 From: Gennadiy Tsygan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] li-ion cells I was doing a search for datasheet for the original cell and suddenly found this!! http://page.auctions.shopping.yahoo.com/auction/64460231?aucview=0x10 Seller is sabahoceanic. I have dealt with them in the past. I bought a L100 battery from them, good so far with a year of usage. Rated at 2600mah. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] 70CT verses 100CT
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 12:28:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 70CT verses 100CT On Fri, 26 April 2002, John Musielewicz wrote Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:57:29 -0500 From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 70CT verses 100CT Hi Tom Thanks for the info. I was doing a search for third party power supplies and such for the 100/110 and didn't find much. I found a bunch for the 50/70 though. Has anyone tried replacing the power jack in the 100/110 to match the 50/70? Cost about 2 dollars and the 50/70 jack is availible at Mouser Electronics. John Try making one yourself. I knew I had run across this before. I have never done it, but apparently it is not too hard. If you cannot make your own, you can buy them for around $10 for two of them. http://www.fixup.net/tips/l100/l100plug.htm - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Cell phones and Libretto
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 06:19:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Cell phones and Libretto On Tue, 23 April 2002, Michael Berlant wrote Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 11:15:44 -0400 From: Michael Berlant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Cell phones and Libretto Thanks for the tip. I'll play with that on my W2k machine. I would really like to get it to work with my BJC-50 (the battery version of your printer) and put the LPT cable back in the plastic bag that it sat in for the first four years of its life! Good luck. I have messed a little with trying to get the IR to work under Win2K and the Canon, but have been unsuccessful so far. Of course, I rarely use the printer anyway, so it has not been a priority. I have gotten it to recognize the printer through IR, but unable to print. According to Canon they only support IR on the BJC-85 and up under Win2K. One of the reasons I still maintain a small Win95 boot partition on my libretto so that I can still use older IR devices when needed. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Replacement battery cell
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 06:23:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Replacement battery cell On Tue, 23 April 2002, Pres Waterman wrote Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 11:30:36 -0400 From: Pres Waterman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Replacement battery cell I have a L100 battery with one dead cell. It's Panasonic CGR17670HC.. Have anyone had any success buying it? If yes, for how much? It is just about impossible to buy Lithium-Ion cells unless you are a manufacturer. Best thing is to buy a new battery, keep the old cells, and use them as spares. Thanks Pres Waterman W2PW c/o Patchogue Motors, Inc. Long Island Ford and Kia dealer GO BILLS! Dreeeww! ©?© Actually, what you might do is pick up an L50/70 battery on ebay and just swap out the internals. Several people have done this with no problems. You just have to carefully pry the case open, remove the old cells, replace with the fresh unit and re glue the case. I think a little epoxy is the recommended solution. You will need to slightly modify the inside of the L100 case to accept the battery stick, but otherwise no problems. Significantly cheaper than buying a fresh L100 battery, which can run you at least 60, usually around 100. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Cell phones and Libretto
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 06:25:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Cell phones and Libretto On Mon, 22 April 2002, Michael Berlant wrote Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 22:04:05 -0400 From: Michael Berlant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Cell phones and Libretto I have been using my Lib60 with my Motorola P7389 and L7089 GSM phones for several years via IR. I also use it via serial with my CDMA StarTAC ST7868. It won't work, though, with Win2k via IR because Micro$oft stopped supporting the older IR protocol. I think Microsoft released a patch for Win2K to support IR cell phone usage, but it only worked for that purpose alone, and still would not support other IR devices such as printers, PDAs, etc. I do not have an IR enabled phone, but I have had limited success with IRCOMM2K that emulates the old virtual port mapping to IR. Haven't gotten it to work with my old Canon bjc-80 printer though. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Re: Hibernate under windows 98
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 09:05:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: Hibernate under windows 98 On Tue, 23 April 2002, Alan Middleton wrote Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:22:11 GMT From: Alan Middleton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Hibernate under windows 98 Hi all, Could anyone tell me if windows 98 supports hibernate from the start menu / shutdown dialog? or even a third party application. My libretto 110 has been updated to the latest BIOS (8.1) and has all the Toshiba power saving features installed (hairy lightbulb etc). Hibernation support is enabled in the power settings and the device manager shows ACPI power devices. I even installed the power saving driver (something.vxd ?) for the Libetto 100, in case that helped but no change. It will do a hardware hibernation (graphic of tosh writting to hard disk) when I hold the power button for 3 seconds and similarly when the battery dies, although this seems to be triggered by the Tosh as opposed to the OS since I never see the low battery warning, just the battery LED flashing. I don't have an option to hibernate from either the start menu or shutdown dialog. I thought that Windows 98 supported this, but maybe I've been using Win 2000 for to long now. Can anyone set my mind to rest on this, it's not critical, but has been bugging me for weeks now? I have never used Win98 on my libretto, but you might want to try Dr. Xins site. He made a program that will force suspend and hibernation with a click on a desktop icon. I have used it under Win2k and I think Win95 and it worked fine then. I know Win98 has some hibernation issues,, so maybe that is why it is not showing up as an option. www.fixup.net Check the downloads section, he explains the use of the programs in greater detail in his Tips section. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Hardware hibernation in L110
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 06:45:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Hardware hibernation in L110 On Sun, 21 April 2002, Gennadiy Tsygan wrote Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 23:08:48 -0400 From: Gennadiy Tsygan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Hardware hibernation in L110 I guess that Windows overrides the BIOS because selection has no effect while in Windows. I checked the power button before OS was loaded and it worked as you said. Still have no idea why hardwarehibernation doesn't work under Windows. I used a L100 before, it had WinXP loaded on a second partition. Once it went into hibernation and killed the XP completely. Bu my current L110 just doesn't hibernate. How hibernate works will also depend on your OS. Win9x uses BIOS hibernation to the hidden hibernation partition, while Win2K creates a file to hibernate, and ignores the BIOS. I think Win2K will only hibernate using BIOS when battery power is exhausted. The last time I installed Win9x on my L100, it took some time to get hibernation to even show up under power save settings. Had to make sure I had the correct power save drivers from Toshiba. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] New Vaio about the size of a 110
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 07:25:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] New Vaio about the size of a 110 On Mon, 22 April 2002, Lines, Nick wrote Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 04:08:44 -0500 From: Lines, Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] New Vaio about the size of a 110 This looks kinda neat. Check the following usage movie from Sony: http://www.sony.jp/products/Consumer/PCOM/PCG-U1/feat2.html Interesting. Not sure that I would actually spring for one. Will have to wait for a US model and see. That battery pack thingy on the back is hideous though. Screws up the whole concept in my mind. That mouse looks a little strange, but should be a little easier to manipulate than the L100 mouse. Pennies being saved right now. The zoom button seems pretty darned cool, and sony are admitting that they have a slight, er, challenge with a 1024x768 in such a small diagonal - apparently 6.4? I am sure the screen is going to be quite tiny for regular use, no wonder they had to incorporate a zoom feature. Otherwise people would be using the magnifying glass in Windows accessibility. Definitely worth a very close look. This appears to be a spiritual successor to the original libretto, and I'm amazed that Toshiba hasn't done anything this size since the 110... Nick. Perhaps this will be the shot in the arm to get Toshiba to come out with a proper modern Libretto. They didn't release the L1/2/3 series until Sony threw out theirs. Will have to wait and see. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] OQO - Possible Libretto successor?
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:19:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] OQO - Possible Libretto successor? Whoops, try that again. Accidentally sent as HTML and formatting went to hell. Interesting. Things are definitely getting smaller. Here is another example I ran across. I will have to wait for them to hit the shelves to figure out if I really want one or not. I am really happy with the Libby as is, only thing I wish for is more memory and a faster processor in the same form factor. These smaller units I think are moving away from the concept of a sub notebook. You can't get too much smaller with keyboards than the Libretto and still be comfortable to use, although my Psion Revo is not too bad. You also will have to do alot of scrolling on a screen of that size while working on spreadsheets or even word processing. Will have to wait and see I guess. www.tiqit.com - these guys had a similar concept at the CEBit show. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] 110 L2, side by side...
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 14:59:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 110 L2, side by side... On Wed, 17 April 2002, Jon C \(spam\) wrote Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 20:36:35 +0100 From: Jon C \(spam\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 110 L2, side by side... Do any of you rich people who own both an 100/110 and a L1/2/3 Libby can tell me (or better still send me a photo) what the difference in size there is between the older and newer Libretto's? Also just how faster is the L1/2/3 over, say an L110? (assuming L110 has 64mb and L1/2/3 has 256mb..) TIA Jon The L1/L2/L3 is roughly the same size as the Sony Picturebook series, and uses the same processor. Wider and longer than a L110, but a little thinner I think. Never used one myself but my experience with the Crusoe Picturebooks was that they ran slower and hotter than expected. Part of that is just the Sony notebook, since it loads a lot of junk into memory, and I never liked the jog dial on their notebooks anyway. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB]retto prices
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 07:43:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB]retto prices On Mon, 15 April 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 01:23:42 +0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB]retto prices - Original Message - From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have had mine for a little over a year now. When I first got it through Yahoo auctions, I paid $535 USD, included AC adapter, high capacity battery, docking bar, floppy, Targus leather case, 64mb memory upgrade and a burned copy of the recovery CD. Clean with no scratches. If it has 64MB, it's a 100 or a 110, right? Which one? Sorry, L100, has since been OC to 266, runs like a charm. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB]retto prices
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 10:55:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB]retto prices On Sat, 13 April 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 18:11:50 +0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LIB]retto prices I'm being asked by someone who's just seen my Libretto how much they are. I don't have a clue as I bought mine new over two years ago while passing through Hong Kong and I've never had to think about used prices. Now I could go research this from scratch, and I will if necessary, but can I first ask the question here - I'm just looking for ballpark estimates in order to give a very rough guide for a basic Libretto in full working order - standard spec HDD, with the FDD, replicator, power supply, and one functioning battery - nothing missing and with no extras - how much is ballpark? E-bay kinda USD price, I guess... So, if you're au fait with this, having recently bought a used Libretto or researched a potential purchase, would you be so kind as to point me in the right direction - how much did you pay or how much would you pay - if you bought something non-standard (say without the FDD or with extras), just have a guess and add/deduct the relevant amount. I'm perfectly happy to get replies with just numbers and no text! :-) 50 = ~ 70 = ~ 100 = ~ 110 = ~ TVM indeed! If anyone cares to comment (numerically) on 1150/1100/1100v, TVM for that too... I would check ebay for completed items first. That would give you a pretty good indication as to what you should expect. I have had mine for a little over a year now. When I first got it through Yahoo auctions, I paid $535 USD, included AC adapter, high capacity battery, docking bar, floppy, Targus leather case, 64mb memory upgrade and a burned copy of the recovery CD. Clean with no scratches. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Touchscreen Kits
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 06:22:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Touchscreen Kits One more thing - I have messed around with an external touchpad, and overall I like it, but I cannot get it to cooperate under Win2k. It is the only thing that I have used that can actually crash Win2k on my L100. If I can ever get it configured to work reliably, it might be another viable option. Hmm ... what company makes it? Perhaps their drivers are shot. Tried using more 'generic' drivers (perhaps having a look around the Synaptics website would be an idea?) ... several times I had to go to the Synaptics website to download drivers for laptop touchpads because their own drivers didn't seem to behave (IIRC this was when Win2k first came out but I can't quite remember) ... of course this is assuming that the underlying touchpad is a synaptics. - Raymond Actually, it is not synaptics. It is a Fellowes which is a rebranded Cirque touchpad. Works fairly well in Win95, just doesn't like Win2k. One of these days I might get it figured out. I think it is definitely a driver issue, might be conflicting with something else loaded up into the Libretto. I know it is very picky about being the only mouse driver in the system and wants the on board mouse control to be disabled completely. So far I haven't seen much of a difference in its performance between auto-selected and simultaneous on the Lib mouse. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Tom's PCMCIA HDD and CSS problems
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 06:50:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Tom's PCMCIA HDD and CSS problems On Wed, 10 April 2002, Pres Waterman wrote Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 00:31:34 -0400 From: Pres Waterman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Tom's PCMCIA HDD and CSS problems still a little bit of a pain. Personally I would probably unload your PCMCIA only CD on ebay and purchase one that has both PCMCIA and parallel port capability. That would solve most OS installation woes, No, that would create a whole host of OS installation woes... including making it impossible. The ONLY floppy a Libretto will boot from IS the original Toshiba brand floppy. I think he's talking the CD, not the floppy ... I wasn't aware the libby came with a CD that was properly supported ... He said sell the floppy in favor of a CD. My cautions remain... no bootability any more Actually, I said sell the PCMCIA only CD, and get a CD drive that supports both PCMCIA and parallel hookups. What good is a Libretto if you sell the only floppy that is native to it? It is significantly easier to load DOS drivers to recognize a parallel CDROM on a Win95/98 boot disk than it is to mess around with getting the PC card bus to work under DOS. I have made multiple OS installs using the parallel CD and the Lib floppy with no problems at all. I think he's talking the CD, not the floppy ... I wasn't aware the libby came with a CD that was properly supported ... I think the Toshiba website had a TSB on some drives, Noteworthy comes to mind, that worked with the Libretto, but I think it was just explaining how to load and configure the drivers on a DOS boot disk in order to run the recovery program off the factory CD. I don't think there was ever native support for a boot from CD or a CD drive that did not require DOS drivers to work under DOS. - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] Touchscreen Kits
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 09:20:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Touchscreen Kits Not sure how simple or cost effective such a procedure would be. The 1100 is a very rare find in the US, the vast majority of Libretto owners over here are L50/70/100/110 users. I would assume custom drivers would have to be developed for each Libretto series, and for all the different OS we use. I do not even know if it is feasible to get it working onto the motherboard. If the cost was low, I might be tempted, but I fear it will probably be just as much if not more than the Libretto itself. I personally can live with the Lib mouse, and I might be more tempted to perform Dr. Xin's PS2 port modification and get one of those Atek optical sub portable mice. Looks like a pretty cool combination. One more thing - I have messed around with an external touchpad, and overall I like it, but I cannot get it to cooperate under Win2k. It is the only thing that I have used that can actually crash Win2k on my L100. If I can ever get it configured to work reliably, it might be another viable option. On Wed, 10 April 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:48 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Touchscreen Kits Hi all, who has other valuable ideas to solve the problem of missing information? Maybe, someone in the Libretto community has a Libretto out of order to send to EZSCREEN, that they can examine it in principle. I have not a Libretto 1100 yet, but I have good contacts to Korea; maybe I can get one. Bernhard --Originalnachricht- |Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |An: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Betreff: Re: [LIB] Touchscreen Kits |Antwort an: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Datum: Mittwoch, 10. April 2002 14:33 | |Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:30 + |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: Re: [LIB] Touchscreen Kits | |Dear Mr. Kroll, | |I found at http://home.datacomm.ch/psumesgutner/libretto/en/mod_1100_c.htm: |Some technical data of the Toshiba Libretto FF1100: |[...] |Screen TFT |Pixel size 0.19 x 0.19 mm |Screen size 7.1 |Visible area 153.6 x 93 mm | |I do not have the exact maximum outside dimensions of the touchsensor that can fit within a Libretto, because Librettos do not have touchscreens. | |For the same reason, I can not tell you where the sensor tail is located on the touchscreen, its |length, width and contact configuration including the pinout specs. | | |Is it possible to send you a Libretto ff1100 aka 1100, that you can examine, what you can do? |If YES, then we should come to an agreement about the conditions of: | |A. Receiving a Libretto 1100, examining it and sending it back, if an implementation of a touchscreen kit is impossible. | |B1. Receiving a Libretto 1100, examining it |B2. proposing, what can be done, if an implementation is possible, even with some changes, |... waiting for confirmation by owner |B3. installing the touchscreen kit and sending the Libretto back to sender. | |I post your emails in the Libretto Mailing List and will ask people in the Libretto community, what else can be done. |I will ask Toshiba for further specifications. | |I assume, that people with other Librettos like 50, 70, 100, 110, 1010, 1050 are interested. | |I am excited to hear from you. | | |Kind regards |Bernhard | |Bernhard H. Schmitz |Organisation Counsellor |Buchenstr. 3 |65933 Frankfurt/Main |Germany | |--Originalnachricht- |Von: sales [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Betreff: Re: 7.1'' Touchscreen Kits |Datum: Dienstag, 9. April 2002 23:11 | |Dear Mr. Schmitz, | |We have manufactured touchscreens for several PDAs. | |A touchscreen cannot simply be cut-down, however, we can manufacture to any |size. | |To do this we need to know the exact maximum outside dimensions of the |touchsensor that can fit within the Libretto. You may get this dimension |from the previous touchscreen. | |We also require where the sensor tail is located on the touchscreen, its |length, width and contact configuration including the pinout specs. | |Please also specify the exact dimensions of the viewable display. | |Thanks, |Steve |Steve Kroll |ezscreen div. of intech bearing inc. |1999 tellepsen st. |houston, tx usa 77023 | |ph: 713.926.1186 |toll-free ph.: 888-TouchEZ (888.868.2439) |fax: 713.926.3110 |www.ezscreen.com | | | | |** |http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list |http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives | | ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- |Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be |addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text |on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe | TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST
Re: [LIB] Tom's PCMCIA HDD and CSS problems
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 09:25:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Tom's PCMCIA HDD and CSS problems Good luck. I have never been able to get the PCMCIA slots to work under DOS, except for the floppy which is recognized by BIOS. I think the Linux people have an easier time with it than DOS, but I have heard it is still a little bit of a pain. Personally I would probably unload your PCMCIA only CD on ebay and purchase one that has both PCMCIA and parallel port capability. That would solve most OS installation woes, then all you have to worry about is setting up the correct partitions to allow proper hibernation. I have never used Ghost, so I can't help out with that any. Tom Stangl, VFAQman wrote Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 23:25:17 -0700 From: Tom Stangl, VFAQman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Tom's PCMCIA HDD and CSS problems I was trying to Ghost the 20Gig from the 110 to a desktop, then Ghost it back to the 20Gig in the 100. I'm not sure why my 3Com3C589D card worked before in DOS but doesn't now, and I can't find the original Ghost floppy I had made that worked in DOS with it. My newer 3Com card doesn't even have DOS drivers. When that didn't work, I decided to try drive-to-drive, but the Microtech International PortableDock PCMCIA HD enclosure isn't working under DOS either. As for Laplink, ugh ;-) When I have a solution, I'm hoping it's one I can do within a workday, just checking on it from time to time, and that leaves out Laplink (even if I COULD find my old Laplink cable back from the days that was the best way to xfer data). I'm going to hit Fry's on the way to work tomorrow, grab 2 2.5-3.5 adapter sets, shut down my NT desktop at work, plug these 2 drives in place, transfer the CAB files from the old to the new (or from the CD drive to new?), pull the 2.5s back out, throw the new one in the 100, boot it up, and install Win98SE clean. Then add Toshiba-specific files, then reinstall all my apps (luckily not a whole lot on the Libs), copy data files from the 110, and verify everything is OK. I'll run it for a few days, then install 98Lite to see how it affects it (seems to have made my 110 a little flaky). Once the 100 is OK, I get to do it all over again with the 110 :-/ At least this time the CAB files are already on that HD, so I just boot to DOS and wipe all but the DOS files and CAB files. Matthew Hanson wrote: Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 04:30:04 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Tom's PCMCIA HDD and CSS problems I'm probably going to jack the old and new HD into my work machine and copy them across, but I REALLY want to build some floppies so I don't have to do that every time I upgrade a drive in my multiple Librettos. Tom, Is your problem getting either a ghost partition backup file, or OS installation files from your L110 to your L100? I'm still not quite sure what you're attempting to do. If you have plenty of time (heck... it's been days at this point, right?), would a DOS program like LapLink connecting your L110 to your L100 with the new HDD accomplish what you're trying to do? There's a great little utility called File Maven that I downloaded to do some work recently. You could run it on a bootable floppy on the L100, and leave it to run overnight if the files you want to transfer are large. That would be an easy to get a ghost image over there, and then run ghost from a floppy. If you want to move Windows files, you'll run into problems with the long file names in DOS. There's another utility I used to do a recursive save of whole directories and subdirectories to restore the file names once you've transferred them If you trying to run ghost from drive to drive, that's another story. What were you trying to accomplish with ghost? Matt Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 17:49:48 -0700 From: Tom Stangl, VFAQman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Tom's PCMCIA HDD and CSS problems Matt, Thanks for all the tips, but it still comes down to needing Card Socket Services. I currently have the IBM 20Gig in the Lib100, SYSed, and bootable. But I can't use anything except the Libby floppy drive, as the PCMCIA HD box and PCMCIA CD drive fail to recognize. I've searched all over for drivers, and have tried many different types, with no luck. I've tried Toshibas technotes for getting a CD to boot, but they seem to be specific to Tosh/Noteworthy CD drives, and the config.sys/autoexec.bat drivers I have with my no-name PCMCIA drive aren't working in the Lib (this drive works fine in Windows from what I can remember). Does ANYONE have some Card Socket Services install files from some old Toshiba system laying around? Or any other brand that might work (CardSoft)? I'm probably going to jack the old and new HD into my work machine and copy them across, but I
Re: [LIB] CD Roms
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 06:19:27 -0800 (PST) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] CD Roms I would agree. It would be nice to have it run off the PCMCIA, but no great loss to me. I really only use the CDROM to install programs, which I would do at home anyway. Most of the other drives with PCMCIA only do indeed run off the card for power. The backpack was the first portable CDROM I bought, and got it for my L100CT when I first purchased it last year. More concerned about having parallel connections for OSinstall and the like, since I had heard that was the easiest way to do it. Works fine for me anyway. Raymond wrote Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 08:40:25 +0800 From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] CD Roms At 06:30 AM 1/04/2002 -0800, you wrote: Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 06:23:17 -0800 (PST) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] CD Roms I have a 24x Backpack Bantam that works very well, has both PCMCIA and parallel port hookups, so it works admirably in DOS as well. Only drawback is it does need an AC adapter to run, but the adapter that is included is extremely lightweight. I have heard that the PC Card powered drives will run off a Libretto, but I have no direct experience with them, so I cannot confirm that. I've got a Teac PortaCD 10x that runs off a rebadged NinjaATA PCMCIA IDE card which actually picks up straight away under the latest version of Linux Card and Socket services. It doesn't need an external AC adapter and in fact doesn't seem to load the battery much at all when its in use ... I was of the impression that most other PCMCIA CD-ROM drives didn't need external power either. I do know the 24x PCMCIA drives we had at work to use with Porteges don't load the batteries on their laptops much either. I'd imagine the Backpack unit would need AC because of its parallel interface (and they perhaps couldn't be bothered designing it to use PCMCIA power when connected through PCMCIA) ... - Raymond --- /~\ | | Does fuzzy logic tickle? | | ___ | My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup? | | /__/ +---| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest ** - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---TO UNSUBSCRIBE--- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **
Re: [LIB] CD Roms
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 06:23:17 -0800 (PST) From: Kevin McClelland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] CD Roms I have a 24x Backpack Bantam that works very well, has both PCMCIA and parallel port hookups, so it works admirably in DOS as well. Only drawback is it does need an AC adapter to run, but the adapter that is included is extremely lightweight. I have heard that the PC Card powered drives will run off a Libretto, but I have no direct experience with them, so I cannot confirm that. Regards, Kevin On Fri, 29 March 2002, Renita Herrmann wrote Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 11:42:23 -0800 From: Renita Herrmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CD Roms Hi All, How can I look up compatibility for the Libretto 100CT to buy a used one? I know this is probably first grade for you guys, but I thought I'd buy a used one and can't figure out all these numbers. Ebay has a bunch of Satellite used ones. My old drive doesn't work on my L3 either, but I need one for my many old lady libbies. I feel like it's an old vintage car that's missing the turn signals. Is there a site? Thanks. Renita ** 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 ** - Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com ** 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 **
