Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 07:34:54 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Experiences...
Sorry you damaged your Libretto. You may want to look at the Otter box. It is a hard shelled water proof box. Sounds like a really cool trip. John On 14 Jan 2002, at 4:43, Gerhard Kapusta wrote: > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:38:59 +0100 > From: "Gerhard Kapusta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Experiences... > > Hi! > > A few days ago I returned from a 2-month backpack-trip to Mexico and > Guatemala. In my luggage was a digital camera and a Libretto 100. It war > really a perfect combination! I could not imagine much other possibilities > to transport the 5000 pictures I have taken during the trip! > > Low temperatures in the dessert, high humidty in the jungle, the Lib worked > on all conditions well. > > On the Lib I had installed Win NT 4.0, all the Toshiba stuff and CardWizard > to allow hot swap of the memory cards for the camera. There was not one > crash, not one reboot during the whole trip! > > Thousands of kilometers the Lib was transported by plane, bus, boat and even > by donkeys without problems. But then there was ond bad accident: I > struggled and felt down, my backpack crashed hard to the concrete floor. > Even the Lib was in a bag inside, the case was heavily damaged. On the first > view I saw only a small crack on the case but inspecting the Lib closer > showed that the upper part with the display has moved 2 mm and the inner > chassis is bent, so that the Lib can't stand on a flat surface. 8-((( > But fortunately it ist only a mechanical damage, it continued to work! > > Of course I'm looking now for possibilities to repair the Lib, to have it > ready for the next trip! > > What I learned from this: I need a hard case for the Lib (+ AC-Adapter + > Cables + Charger for the Camera) which must be upholstered and strong enough > to withstand a free fall from at least 1m! > > regards > Gerhard > > ________________________________________ > Gerhard Kapusta > > Email home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fax&Voicebox: +4989-1488201115 > > > > > ************************************************************** > 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 > ************************************************************** > ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
