Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:21:51 +0000
From: T i m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? ( serial PCMCIA thoughts )
Hi Pres,
Pres Waterman wrote:
>
> > 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?
>
> They work great BUT...
>
> The mini-replicator screws onto the back of the Libretto, nice and tight. It
> provides a real DB-9 socket, also something you can screw into.
[T] Ok .. my GPS will only be plugged in for as long as it takes to program it
(say 10 mins) and unplugged again. I rarely screw comms leads in as it's less
painful (expensive) when you trip over them!
> The PCMCIA
> card almost always presents a flimsy thin cable, easily broken.
[T] Point taken . I've got a PCMCIA Modem, NIC and SCSI but not used any of them
'hard' . I can see how they could be vulnerable though. ;-(
>
> Plus, the Libretto ( in my experience a L50 which has NO replicator bar, so
> I am forced to use the PCMCIA serial card ) does NOT like to relinquish its
> internal serial ports. You can disable COM1 in BIOS, but Windows finds it
> every time and reactivates it, IN BIOS! L50 has an infrared serial port
> which flops on COM2 as well. Even if disabled in Device Mangler.
[T] Ah, been there, done that .. ok, that's worth avoiding .. ('Device Mangler'
.. LOL)
>
> So, if your PCMCIA card can be COM3/4 and your device will talk to COM3/4,
> fine. But you will need a fresh an IRQ because the unused internal serial
> devices will take theirs anyway. I have a unused COM1, infrared COM2, and a
> Socket Comunications PCMCIA on COM3/4 but its actual comport and IRQ squish
> around like jello. I just keep finding where Bill Gates put my COMports
> today ( "Where do YOU want to go today, little plug-n-play device?" )
[T] LOL again . someone needs to give that man a firm talking to ..!
Q, How many Microsoft Marketing people does it take to change a light bulb?
A, None. They declare 'darkness' and new industry standard! ;-)
>
>
> Bottom line, if you have a mini-replicator, I suggest you use it.
[T] Hmm, you don't sound convinced Pers! (OK .. you share the comments of others
so who am I to argue with the teachings of my mentors ..)
>
> Pres Waterman
And In another mail I said ...
> >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.
Neil, why did you not interpret this as "I need a power supply for it that I
can plug into12v"?
Is this "English spoken, American tolerated"?
<G>
[T] To be fair to Neil (and I know we are only having fun here) I was a little
cryptic yet very specific in the same sentence.
"I'm about the become the proud owner of a 50CT (32M) with all the basic bits"
(I mentioned the 32M as I believe it was only fitted with 16M as std and was
also thinking 'all the basic bits' were Libby, PCMCIA floppy, std Li batt, mini
port replicator, 110-240V > DC PSU, books, disks etc.)
"and will need a 12V power supply for it" (intending (but not clearly) that I
wanted the 'source' to be 12V?)
Now I know you knew all that, I was just giving an example of how difficult it
it to put stuff across unambiguously?
> traveling... much delay in catching messages,
> sorry if I reply and others have already
> and I lost many many emails in a crash also!
[T] PC not car crash I hope? ;-)
Thanks Pres / Neil and all ..
T i m
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