Re: XO-1.5 keyboard

2010-03-12 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 12:54 AM, John Watlington wrote: > Hmm.   I need to communicate more. > There have been a number of changes in the XO-1 keyboard > since production started. IME, the changes are quite subtle for those who aren't "in the know" -- except for the non-membrane one ;-) For exa

Re: XO-1.5 keyboard

2010-03-11 Thread John Watlington
Hmm. I need to communicate more. There have been a number of changes in the XO-1 keyboard since production started. First, the flex circuit layout was changed to fix a problem with the CTRL/ALT keys (the spacing bump for those keys was inexplicably slightly below the minimum reliably reproducea

Re: XO-1.5 keyboard

2010-03-05 Thread Paul Fox
john wrote: > > :-) you're right -- it _is_ awesome. wad seems to have mastered > > the art of getting the laptop to really go together right after > > the conversion. > > One of the things I asked wad to improve when he was looking for > things to fix for the XO-1.5 was the incredible fla

Re: XO-1.5 keyboard

2010-03-05 Thread John Gilmore
> :-) you're right -- it _is_ awesome. wad seems to have mastered > the art of getting the laptop to really go together right after > the conversion. One of the things I asked wad to improve when he was looking for things to fix for the XO-1.5 was the incredible flakey keyboard. Everyone knows w

Re: XO-1.5 keyboard

2010-03-05 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 05.03.2010, at 14:40, Paul Fox wrote: > > bert wrote: >> On 05.03.2010, at 07:31, Paul Fox wrote: >>> >>> credit where credit is due -- i followed the instructions (i feel >>> like i should be writing "destructions") at instructables.com: >>> >> http://www.instructables.com/id/Installing-a-US

Re: XO-1.5 keyboard

2010-03-05 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > Is it worrying if I get a kick out of reading that? And an urge to reach for > my dremel? I've used Paul's XO. It's fantastic. I am very awkward with a dremel, otherwise I'd have upgraded all my XOs. Instead, I use external USB keyboards

Re: XO-1.5 keyboard

2010-03-05 Thread Paul Fox
bert wrote: > On 05.03.2010, at 07:31, Paul Fox wrote: > > > > credit where credit is due -- i followed the instructions (i feel > > like i should be writing "destructions") at instructables.com: > > > http://www.instructables.com/id/Installing-a-USB-Keyboard-into-an-OLPC-XO-Laptop > -/

Re: XO-1.5 keyboard

2010-03-05 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 05.03.2010, at 07:31, Paul Fox wrote: > > credit where credit is due -- i followed the instructions (i feel > like i should be writing "destructions") at instructables.com: > > http://www.instructables.com/id/Installing-a-USB-Keyboard-into-an-OLPC-XO-Laptop-/ Is it worrying if I get a kick

Re: XO-1.5 keyboard

2010-03-04 Thread Paul Fox
john wrote: > > Paul, >I checked and all the power supplies that should be needed > for wake-on-USB are present in XO-1.5. All ports may be powered > in suspend, if the Linux USB driver supports it. thanks wad. > > The internal USB port (P4, which is present on the board at > R392

XO-1.5 keyboard

2010-03-04 Thread John Watlington
Paul, I checked and all the power supplies that should be needed for wake-on-USB are present in XO-1.5. All ports may be powered in suspend, if the Linux USB driver supports it. The internal USB port (P4, which is present on the board at R392/R393) used by the two mock-ups provides power con