Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 23:44:23 -0400 From: "Tony Oresteen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Mouse on Libby 100CT! Bluetooth
I finally found a solution to using a mouse on Libretto 100CT (233MHz, 64MB ram). OS is Win98 SE The pointing device on the screen is one I can not stand. So I have been carting around a port replicator just to plug in a PS/2 mouse. I have considered wiring in the PS/2 port as others had done but decided to pursue other options first. I first tried a USB PCMCIA card and a USB mouse. Did not work; the USB card did not provide enough power. To get the USB mouse to work I had to plug in a PS/2 power cord to power the USB card. To get a PS/2 port I had to use the port replicator so why bother with the USB mouse? Next I tried a serial card and serial mouse. The CF serial card (Socket) in a PCMCIA adapter didn't work. Socket said that their serial cards would not work with serial mice. I guess I could have looked for another PCMCIA serial card but why buy a card that I already had? Third try is the charm! I bought a Belkin CF/PCMCIA Bluetooth adapter and the IOgear mini Bluetooth mouse. It works with Windows 98 SE!!!!!!!!!! Now I don't need to carry the small port replicator anymore! Yeh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Belkin software was difficult to get loaded. The CD does NOT autorun. It requires a 200MHz Pentium so if you have a 166mhz 100CT time to over clock it. It runs in 64MB of ram (prefers 128 but hey, Libby 100 is limited to 64. Now I have Bluetooth on my Libby! When I was looking for a PCMCIA Bluetooth card I noticed that some would run only on Win2K or XP. The Belkin card works with Win98SE. I prefer CF cards in PCMCIA adapters as they are usually LOW POWER devices as many PDAs use CF cards and power is an issue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tony Oresteen KG4SPA Montverde, FL
