Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 09:10:45 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please?
At 07:21 AM 17/02/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 15:11:02 +0000 >From: T i m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Some answers please? > >... > >Also, is there any reason why I *shouldn't* install W95 (OSR2?) on it >(It's got RedHatV(?) on it at the moment) in the hope that it would do >all I need (just Win95/98 GPS map routing software (Mapsource) and >digital still camera offloads) and that's the sort of OS that was around >when the Libby was first out? (wasn't it?) No reason ... I've got Windows 95b with IE5.0 running on my L50 with 16 meg of RAM and I've only ever had 1 crash on it (and THAT was when I was stuffing around with some hibernation thing that fell over on me). It IS quite possible to have a rock solid Windows 95 install on the L50 and its not like I treat this thing with kid gloves ... Matlab, PSPICE, Word, IE and Winamp all going at once isn't exactly kind on a computer of this era for instance ;-) >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? Umm ... well I can see a heat problem depending on how hot it gets on your motorcycle, especially if you've overclocked. I find that once the ambient air temperature hits about 28�C, the libby will overheat within 20 minutes or so when placed on a flat insulating surface (ie. my wooden desk) with ANY card in the slot (granted my libby is clocked to 100, you might push it further if you don't overclock it). What do you need to run off the serial port? It might well be faster/easier to use the infrared serial port, its a (relatively) trivial matter adapting most serial devices to run off that. Of course, your OTHER problems are FINDING a serial PCMCIA card and finding a way to NOT lose/break that dongle! - 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 **************************************************************
