Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:10:47 +0100 From: "Avi Cohen Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works!
Hmmm.... Just got a BSOD in stream.sys under XP as well... maybe I should try 95 again or work again on the linux driver... Avi. (sh*t) > -----Original Message----- > From: Avi Cohen Stuart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 21 December, 2006 21:53 > To: Libretto > Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! > > Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:41:33 +0100 > From: "Avi Cohen Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! > > Hi, > > I got the card running with 98SE, W2K and XP. But only with > XP I got it stable enough. > > And of course I got the card running with Mandrake 9.2 with a > modified kernel 2.24.something, a margi linux driver I found > and updated and the x program I wrote to playback the DVD's > with linux plus changing the Neomagic Xserver (and the sound > card driver) after a lot of and really a lot of reverse > engineering the windows drivers. (And the end I called Margi > and they gave me the source code of the Margi WDM driver...) > > Avi. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Matthew Hanson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, 21 December, 2006 20:27 > > To: Libretto > > Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! > > > > Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:24:20 +0000 > > From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! > > > > >From: "Michael Heathcote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >Today I gave the card a go in the 100CT, and after reading > > many posts > > >over the years with people not been able to get the card to > > work in the > > >100 or 110CT, I was quite shocked when it worked! > > > > Libretto list info: > > List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi > > List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com > > To unsubscribe: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html > > > > Wow.... I'm bown away here on the dialogue about getting the Margi > > DVD-to-Go card to work. Michael Heathcote (quoted above and below) > > indicated that he got his up and running in Win95 with only > the small > > hitch of having to replace the driver > > Win95 loaded with the proper one that came with the card! > > > > Seems that was the OS the margi card was tweaked for. And > I'd guess > > Win95 was probably the lease resource hungry of the beasts that > > followed. > > > > From what Avi has been talking about, I'm not sure if he's running > > Win98 or Win2000 with the card. He spoke about replacing > an existing > > Win98 driver with the same from Win2000... and I assumed that meant > > his Margi card was working in Win98. > > > > But from Avi's dialogues with Phillip, it sounds like he's got the > > card working in Win2000, or both Win2000 >and< Win98. > > > > So I'm extremely tempted at this point to dig my card out > of storeage, > > set up Win95 on my 100's 20GB HDD, and do some testing > myself here. > > Video encoded to MPEG-2 files would look a lot sharper than > the ones > > I've been re-encoding with > > MPEG1 compression with Tsunami. > > > > Matt > > > > > > >From: "Michael Heathcote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: Libretto <libretto@basiclink.com> > > >To: Libretto <libretto@basiclink.com> > > >Subject: [LIB] Margi DVD-to-Go card works! > > >Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:38:35 -0800 > > > > > >Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:16:42 -0000 > > >From: "Michael Heathcote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Margi DVD-to-Go card works! > > > > > >I've been a member of this list for over 6 years or more, > but I have > > >not used my 50CT for quite a while since buying a Portege > > 3490CT. The > > >main problem of the 50CT been lack of 32 bit cardbus & USB > > with modern > > >peripherals. > > >While surfing on ebay last week I noticed a 100CT going for a good > > >price with only a few minutes left, an impulse bid and I won! > > >For only 87 pounds I now have a 100CT, std & extended batteries, > > >standard dock, enhanced dock, power supply & floppy. Well pleased! > > >Unmodified standard clock speed, original HDD but > > unfortuately only the > > >on board 32MB RAM...you can't have it all I guess!!! > > >Now a few years ago I bought a Margi DVD-to-Go card with > > dongle for my > > >Portege, but at the time I did not realise the Portege was > not Zoom > > >Video supported, so the card has not been used. > > >Today I gave the card a go in the 100CT, and after reading > > many posts > > >over the years with people not been able to get the card to > > work in the > > >100 or 110CT, I was quite shocked when it worked! > > >Presently the 100CT is running windows 95 with only 32MB Ram > > running at > > >166MHz. What I did notice was that windows automatically > loaded the > > >incorrect driver for the card when first inserted and did > > not initially > > >work. Updating the driver for the correct one from Margi > solved the > > >problem. > > >Full screen seemless DVD playback & audio playing a DVD from > > my 16 bit > > >PCMCIA 4x Argosy external DVD ROM drive. Amazing! > > >Now that I know it works I am going to change the HDD for > something > > >larger and load Windows 98SE for the USB support. Hope the Margi > > >DVD-to-Go card works okay under Windows 98SE! > > > > > >Now a quick question. Does it matter whether I use 100CT or 110CT > > >drives for my 100CT? There appears to be more drivers > > available for the > > >110CT on the Toshiba website for 98SE. > > > > > >Thanks, > > >Mike. > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get FREE Web site and company branded e-mail from Microsoft Office > > Live http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/ > > > > > > > >
