Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 18:47:00 +1000 From: Peter Zak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Libretto Digest #1103 How do I get my Libretto 110CT to wake up after it's hibernated ...? I'm running Win2000 (but the same also happened under Windows 95) Thanks, PZ. > From: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Libretto Digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:03:07 -0700 > To: Libretto Digest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Libretto Digest #1103 > > This digest contains the following messages: > > 1. Overclocking report. > 2. libretto 100CT linux XF86Config > 3. SNES and NES controller on Libretto > > -------------------- 1 -------------------- > Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 10:41:03 +0200 > From: "Franklin Eekhout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Overclocking report. > > :-) > > Hi all, > > Some may remember me writing about my overclocking my L50 (P75 chip oc to > 100 MHz). All's well, but I just had my first thermal shutdown. Scary! > > I was running PCAnywhere and doing a few file transfers through the SCM > PCMCIA NIC. Strange thing though, I did the same yesterday for much longer > and all was ok. Only difference is that I put back the normal battery today, > to make the unit smaller. I usually run my Libby with the extended batpack. > It probably didn't have much of a charge, but still, that shouldn't have any > say in the matter. > > So now I'm thinking of getting one of those black aluminium frozen meat > thawers advertised on TV-Shop to put my Libby on when using PCA... :-) > > br > > Franklin > > > > > > -------------------- 2 -------------------- > Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 22:40:33 -0400 > From: Bill Photinos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: libretto 100CT linux XF86Config > > Could someone please post their Linux XF86Config file for a 100 or 110. > > Thanks in advance!! > > Bill > > -- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=- > William P. Photinos III BMH Associates, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5425 Robin Hood Road, Suite 201 > (757)857-5670 ext. 245 Norfolk, VA 23513-2441 > (757)857-6781 Fax http://www.bmh.com > > > > > -------------------- 3 -------------------- > Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 22:14:05 -0700 > From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B7TechnoDragon=B7?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: SNES and NES controller on Libretto > > >> Do you have any data regarding using a joystick with NESTicle? > > I haven't used nesticle in a long time, but you should be able to use > a regular NES controller in place of the SNES controller. (using different > pins / colors of wire on the controller side, but the DB-25 side would be > the exact same) I also believe that Nesticle supports using a SNES > comntroller, with some of the buttons being unusable, of course. But a SNES > controller would be more ergonomic than a NES one (you can change what > buttons are A and B, such as change B over to X or something), and you can > use the SNES controller under other emulators, such as Mame. > >> Do you have any specifics on the parallel-controller adapter you >> built? I'm running an emulator on my 110CT but hate the keyboard controls. > > That's exactly why I built mine, I got horribly sick of the keyboard, > even when I customized the layout of the controller buttons to be more > comfortable. I just got sick of it after using a sidewinder on my desktop > system. > It's really easy to build, one trip to radio shack will let you > perform the surgery on an existing controller or turn an extension cable > into an adaptor to prevent cutting up the controller. > > Here's the schematic I used to connect the controller to my parallel > port: > > male db-25 connector: snes controller: > > 5---->|---+ > 6---->|---+ > 7---->|---+ ___ > 8---->|---+ | | > 9---->|---+-------white------ | o | > 2-----------------yellow----- | o | > 3-----------------orange----- | o | > 10-----------------red-------- | o | > +---+ > | o | > | o | > 18 thru 25---------brown------ | o | > \_/ > > > Here's the schematic that should work (I never built it) to connect a > NES controller to a parallel port: > > male db-25 connector: nes controller: > > 5---->|---+ > 6---->|---+ > 7---->|---+ > 8---->|---+ > 9---->|---+-------power-------------------+ > _____ | > | | | > 10-----------------data------- | o o | | > 3-----------------latch------ | o o | | > 2-----------------clock------ | o o | --+ > 18 thru 25---------ground----- | o / > |___/ > > > It's best to use germanium diodes because they draw the least power, > this is especially useful for laptops. The above design works just fine on > my libretto 70ct, but if you use this on another model of libretto or > another model of laptop / computer and the controller won't work on it, > you're not getting enough power to the controller. The problem is that the > parallel port has no +5v power (which it really should have) so you have to > suck the power form lines that aren't needed for the controller. This was > the case with an i-opener I have, I just added a socket on the db-25 hood > that let me plug in a phantom power cable from a Xircom Pocket Ethernet III > adaptor I have so that I can get the +5v I need from the keyboard / ps2 > mouse connector. > Tie the diodes together on their anodes, not their cathodes, like in > the schematic. They're there to prevent power from flowing back into the > other lines on the parallel port. And lines 18 thru 25 are simply there for > ground, you can get away with only using pin 18 or something if you're lazy > during construction. :) > You'll notice that the games let you configure a second, third, > fourth, etc., snes controller on the same lpt port. How is this? Switch the > red wire from pin 10 to other pins following the table below: > > Controller #: Pin #: > 1 10 > 2 12 > 3 13 > 4 15 > 5 11 > > You can supposedly put multiple controllers on the same port, but I > have never done this and don't know if the libretto can handle that much > current draw on it's lpt port. It won't fry the parallal port, but the > controllers just won't work. > > Disclaimer: > > Remember, I have constructed the schematic above and it worked just > fine on several computers. If you make it and you see smoke coming out from > between the keys on your libretto's keyboard or hear a "poof" sound, or > suffer severe burns from the explosion of various electronics components, > bodily injury, cancer, plutonium poisoning, I cannot be held legally > responsible. > Warning, users of the above schematic can suffer from repetitive > strain injury, carpal tunnel syndrome, loss of vision from squinting at the > libretto's tiny screen, radiation poisoning, finger loss, hair loss, > impotence, loss of sexual appetite, reduced sperm count, testicle > degeneration, and hallucinations. > Do not operate heavy machinery, eat products containing marmalade, > expose yourself to bright lights or direct sunlight, watch a Madonna movie, > read a unix technical manual, perform heavy mathematical computations, wear > flannel or use latex based sex toys after using the above schematic. > Use with caution and only under the supervision of a trained > professional. > > Thank you, and enjoy your Super Nintendo controller on your Libretto, > the funniest experience since cavemen learned how to roll round objects > down sloped surfaces. > > 2 > > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > -------UNSUBSCRIBE------- > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe > --------UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... > ************************************************************** > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------UNSUBSCRIBE------- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe --------UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **************************************************************
