Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 09:10:10 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please?
At 11:21 AM 17/02/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 18:24:39 +0000 >From: T i m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > >Hi Neil and All, > >neil barnes wrote: > >> >> >Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:11:02 +0000 >> >From: T i m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Subject: Some answers please? >> > >> >Hi All, >> > >> >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. > >[T2] Ah, that would be a replacement for the std PSU? I hope my 50CT has the std >PSU with it? What I'm looking for (and I didn't make it clear in my first post) >is a 'device' for running my Libby 'from' 12VDC as in my car / motorbike etc? >(Do I take it then that the Toshiba Car adapter is a 12>15V DC converter >(inverter)?) OK you can do what Xin does at www.fixup.net ... the L50 will actually run off 12 volts but needs 13.8 volts to start. If you're worried about spikes or whatnot, you can get a switchmode DC to DC converter. I picked up a PowerXtender emPower adapter designed to plug into a car's 12 volt system as well as an aircraft in-seat power system which seems to work nicely ... there are others out there, check the archives ... IIRC though at least one of the others does generate interference that can be picked up on FM radio. Have a trawl around some of the clearance places, the one I got was actually for a DEC notebook (actually, only the PLUG is unique, the actual transformer goes from 5 to 24 volts), it only cost me $7USD or so (normally expect to pay about $40USD or so). Watch the voltages though, this one actually pumps out 24 volts and the voltage is set by the plug (which I couldn't figure out how to reverse engineer to give me 15 volts) ... I ended up putting a 15 volt linear regulator and big heatsink on it (OK there goes my efficiency but hey it works!). >> The 50 was supplied with W95 or W95b. It can be a little slow with w98 - >> e.g. it won't play mp3 without stuttering, though 95 will. On the other >> hand, there are shutdown problems sometimes with msgsvr32.exe in 95. 98 has >> a much quicker shutdown. Dunno what you're talking about, mine is pretty much a factory install plus IE5 and WiMP7 (I think) and a few other bits and pieces, shuts down damn fast unless it needs to kill a network connection first and I've never had a shutdown issue with it (actually I DID but that was under Red Hat 6.2 when I accidentally used an SMP kernel ;-) ... I mainly hibernate it though so thats a non-issue (watch it though, you've got to disable IrDA scanning before suspending otherwise the IrDA driver will hold the libby on ... NOT good when you close the lid and put it in your pocket and expect it to be turned off!). - 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://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 **************************************************************
