Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:21:51 +
From: T i m [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? ( serial PCMCIA thoughts )
Hi Pres,
Pres Waterman wrote:
Lastly, rather than taking the Mini port extender with me when we are
out on our motorcycle / camping trips, I thought about using a PCMCIA to
Serial card to provide a COM: port.? Can anyone see any problems with
that?
They work great BUT...
The mini-replicator screws onto the back of the Libretto, nice and tight. It
provides a real DB-9 socket, also something you can screw into.
[T] Ok .. my GPS will only be plugged in for as long as it takes to program it
(say 10 mins) and unplugged again. I rarely screw comms leads in as it's less
painful (expensive) when you trip over them!
The PCMCIA
card almost always presents a flimsy thin cable, easily broken.
[T] Point taken . I've got a PCMCIA Modem, NIC and SCSI but not used any of them
'hard' . I can see how they could be vulnerable though. ;-(
Plus, the Libretto ( in my experience a L50 which has NO replicator bar, so
I am forced to use the PCMCIA serial card ) does NOT like to relinquish its
internal serial ports. You can disable COM1 in BIOS, but Windows finds it
every time and reactivates it, IN BIOS! L50 has an infrared serial port
which flops on COM2 as well. Even if disabled in Device Mangler.
[T] Ah, been there, done that .. ok, that's worth avoiding .. ('Device Mangler'
.. LOL)
So, if your PCMCIA card can be COM3/4 and your device will talk to COM3/4,
fine. But you will need a fresh an IRQ because the unused internal serial
devices will take theirs anyway. I have a unused COM1, infrared COM2, and a
Socket Comunications PCMCIA on COM3/4 but its actual comport and IRQ squish
around like jello. I just keep finding where Bill Gates put my COMports
today ( Where do YOU want to go today, little plug-n-play device? )
[T] LOL again . someone needs to give that man a firm talking to ..!
Q, How many Microsoft Marketing people does it take to change a light bulb?
A, None. They declare 'darkness' and new industry standard! ;-)
Bottom line, if you have a mini-replicator, I suggest you use it.
[T] Hmm, you don't sound convinced Pers! (OK .. you share the comments of others
so who am I to argue with the teachings of my mentors ..)
Pres Waterman
And In another mail I said ...
I'm about the become the proud owner of a 50CT (32M) with all the basic
bits and will need a 12V power supply for it.
You'll need a 15v supply, not 12v. I can't plough my way through the
Maplin
site - it doesn't format properly on my browser - but any of the
switch-mode
15v 2a supplies will work. It must be regulated though, not one of the
'transformer and two diodes' types.
Neil, why did you not interpret this as I need a power supply for it that I
can plug into12v?
Is this English spoken, American tolerated?
G
[T] To be fair to Neil (and I know we are only having fun here) I was a little
cryptic yet very specific in the same sentence.
I'm about the become the proud owner of a 50CT (32M) with all the basic bits
(I mentioned the 32M as I believe it was only fitted with 16M as std and was
also thinking 'all the basic bits' were Libby, PCMCIA floppy, std Li batt, mini
port replicator, 110-240V DC PSU, books, disks etc.)
and will need a 12V power supply for it (intending (but not clearly) that I
wanted the 'source' to be 12V?)
Now I know you knew all that, I was just giving an example of how difficult it
it to put stuff across unambiguously?
traveling... much delay in catching messages,
sorry if I reply and others have already
and I lost many many emails in a crash also!
[T] PC not car crash I hope? ;-)
Thanks Pres / Neil and all ..
T i m
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