Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:39:48 +0100 From: "Avi Cohen Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Two questions (USB & Battery)
Matthew, > One way or the other, you're looking at a problem with USBx > that may not have been envisioned back the 90s when the 100CT > was developed, and 1st released in February of '98. Raymond > and other list members know more about the inner workings of > these Libs, but my guess is that starting and stopping PCMCIA > devices may be dependent on the Lib's BIOS. In '97-'98 I > doubt any of the Libretto developers at Toshiba ever guessed > that at some point people would need to not only stop a > PCMCIA device, but a USB2 device plugged into a PCMCIA device > too. If they did, it may have been one option among many > others that they may have dismissed due to timetable > restraints in getting the product released and shipped. The W2K or XP users don't have any of the problems. Don't worry about the Libretto's design in regard to PCMCIA: it is a fully supported 32-bit Cardbus interface with even on both ports a Zoomed Video port (works nicely with the Margi DVD-to-Go hardware DVD decoder). It works also very well with linux 2.4 and 2.6 btw. I also do own a PCMCIA USB 2.0 card and there is no problem with it unplugging devices. Note that the OS Meir mentioned is... windows 98... There lies the problem? Indeed, you need first to stop any USB2.0 devices and then the PCMCIA device. The W2K and XP drivers ask you that if you want to close the USB2.0 devices if you select the USBx.x PCMCIA card to be ejected. Avi.
