Re: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc.
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 00:20:49 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc. see my site below for more links and info. 1. My 110CT is running Win98. Will I see any improvment or degredation with XP? Yep. Dog-slow performance with XP. 98 gobbles up about 1/2 of 64MB RAM for me just to startup and load a few icons in the toolbar. xp will gobble up all available RAM, and you'd have to swap everything to the HD just to run one program. Not very efficient or nice at all. XP is based on 2000 which is just another in the line of WinNT OSs - all of them gobble up resources like crazy, and will make the poor 233Mhz CPU of the L110 work overtime. My recommend? Avoid and run Win95 or Win98SE instead. 2. How can I put a larger drive (currently 2GB?) in my 110CT? visit ebay.com buy new, larger HD eg. Hitachi HD 20GB for only $75 for me. was it hrmla.com? (see other post today to this group for more info and address) All compatible 9.5mm or thinner HDs are listed on my site. You can use any. If you don't use Win2K/XP or Linux, you'll also need to use a disk manager progrma to access 8.4GB on the larger HDs - BIOS limitation of the Libretto. If you buy an IBM HD, you can use their free Disk Manager program www.storage.ibm.com; otherwise, simply download Western Digital EZ-Drive 9.09W which installs EZ-BIOS 9.06 onto any 8.4GB HD, and lets the L110 see the full capacity of the HD. (this works for me on my Hitachi) You'll need to avoid the ~1010-1040 cylinder areas on your HD when partitioning (thus you'll have at least 2 partitions to use the entire HD capacity) due to the need to leave the 8.4GB boundary free for the Libretto hardware hibernate to disk info stored there. simply remove two screws on bottom of libretto, remove HD cover, pull out HD, remove handle and screws from old HD, put on new HD, reverse process. about 2 minutes max to finish. 3. Is there away to speed up processing without burning up the boards? See overclocking section on my site below. You can go from 233Mhz to 266Mhz, but that isn't worth the trouble on the L110. On a L100, yes, and about 90% successful based on over 20+ people doing the overclock, but way too much hassle to take the l110 completely apart just to go another 33mhz faster. in japan, they have companies which will overclock for you, and even desolider the CPU and drop in a faster one. I love this little PC and do not want to (and cannot) find another unit of this size and versitility. Actually, there is the Libretto ff1100 which runs at the same speed (or faster depending on model release), and has in addition a built-in digital camera and smart media slot! External, detachable remote control/headphones for MP3 playback, too. Released two generations after the L110, discontinued last year, but still avail. in Japan here and there. About the same size as well. Also, one generation after the L110 came the SS1010 model. Same 233Mhz, and general specs - same size as L50/70 models but only 25mm thick closed (vs. 34mm). A bit bigger (which isn't really the same anymore), I'd only recommend the Fujitsu P-Series (LOOX) for $1499 in the USA. Built-in wide-screen, 800Mhz processor, DVD/CD-RW drive, and about 2.8lbs. Not as light or small as the 2lbs L110, but figuring all that that's been added, well worth the difference. I personally wouldn't even look at the latest Librettos in comparison, the L1/L2/L3 models, because they're the same price, but don't even have a built-in DVD/CD-RW drive, which I personally find very, very enticing. I'd look once at the Sony C1 series, but then drop them for the Fujitsu instead -- I'd rather have the built-in DVD/CD-RW than a so-so built-in digital camera and no drives built-in. Also, the Sony's are more expensive than the Fujitsu's. = adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] 100CT and enhanced port replicator power question.
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 00:33:19 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT and enhanced port replicator power question. I recently upgraded from a 70CT to a 100CT, and having USB on the dock seemed like a great deal at first. Is it a 'feature' of the enhanced dock to only power the USB port when on outlet power, or do I have a dud Outlet/AC power only for the USB port, sadly. Otherwise, get a PCMCIA USB card instead. Also, probably not likely, but I am looking for a floppy drive so that I can get my BIOS updated from 6.50, anyone have one for sale? Or even less likely, any one in the St Louis area who would 'rent' me the drive? :) www.ebay.com and a few other places online (search by part #) will bring up the FDD easily. I had posted a note a month or two ago to the list detailing a few places to find parts - search Libretto Mailing List Archives for those places. I performed the overclock as shown on fixup.net and was able to get the system to run at 233 with no problems, at 266 it would crash out and Guess you're in the 10% then. 90% of those dozens of people who've overclocked their L100 to 266Mhz succeeded; about 10% had to underclock due to overheating and other problems. That's out of 20+ people who've reported it to this group as I recall from my tallys. A thin layer of thermal grease between the CPU and heatsink may actually be the only difference between success and failure as some have reported. = adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] 100CT and enhanced port replicator power question.
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 08:52:05 + (UCT) From: xsintrk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT and enhanced port replicator power question. I recently upgraded from a 70CT to a 100CT, and having USB on the dock seemed like a great deal at first. Is it a 'feature' of the enhanced dock to only power the USB port when on outlet power, or do I have a dud Outlet/AC power only for the USB port, sadly. Otherwise, get a PCMCIA USB card instead. Thanks, Those USB cards are kinda of pricey, anyone know of a site with a good deal on them? A thin layer of thermal grease between the CPU and heatsink may actually be the only difference between success and failure as some have reported. I'll have to open her back up and try that. On a side note, I've seen the new Fujitsu P-series mentioned several times. I recommend that if you want to have one this summer you put your orders in ASAP or looks at other units. The ship date on mine has been pushed back from Dev 20th to Jan 26th and now to March 24th. I ordered the 256Mb model with win2000. -Martin ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] Swapping a 20gig hd
Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 09:38:55 From: neil barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Swapping a 20gig hd Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:31:04 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Swapping a 20gig hd o Windows has to be the first partition in a dual boot system If you use a 3rd party boot manager like XOSL or System Commander, you can put just about any OS anywhere you'd like. Never had a problem as I recall having a test notebook boot win98, 2k, xp, linux, and dos - dos was the first partition here. Indeed - what I should have said was 'if windows is on the first partition, fdisk/mbr will revert to a windows boot - otherwise, as pointed out, you need a boot manager.' Which of course you'll need anyway to get the multiple boot! With these, you can easily have 30+ OSs in each seperate partition booting to something different. o You need around forty meg either side of cylinder 1023 for the partition (well probably only one side, but what the hell, you've 20g to play with :) For me, that's about 1015-1025 cylinder area on my Hitachi 20gb. Use a free space wipe tool, then hibernate, then walk the sectors manually in a disk hex editor if you want to find out exactly. otherwise, just leaven 1010-1040 cylinder free and you should be okay. One day I'll get round to sniffing exactly where it goes on my system, in the meantime, 1019-1029 gives 40MB either side of the boundary, and available evidence suggests that's fine on the 50 and 70. The 100 and higher will need more of course, more memory :) Neil _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] 100CT and enhanced port replicator power question.
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 21:23:38 +0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT and enhanced port replicator power question. Otherwise, get a PCMCIA USB card instead. Anybody ever seen such a thing as a card which provides USB *and* Firewire - ie both from just one card (even if not simultaneously) - a bit like the dual functionality of combo modem/ethernet cards? ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] Swapping a 20gig hd
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 21:26:05 +0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Swapping a 20gig hd in the meantime, these $20 clearence Benwin 1st generation flat-panel speakers running NXT technology aren't too bad belching out the latest tunes - better than the usual cheap $5 desktop speakers David, is it the LTS you've got there? ** 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 **
RE: [LIB] 100CT and enhanced port replicator power question.
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 09:40:25 -0600 From: phillip ramirez [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] 100CT and enhanced port replicator power question. Should be able to find one. I know they have the now for the desktop I just looked at orange micro and they have the desktop but no pcmcia yet.. But I am sure its coming.. And I would def wait till it comes out.. I messed up and bought the firewire card and should have waited till the usb2/1394 card will be released.. And remember you have to be running at least 98se or later or linux to be able to use 1394 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 8:23 AM To: Libretto Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT and enhanced port replicator power question. Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 21:23:38 +0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT and enhanced port replicator power question. Otherwise, get a PCMCIA USB card instead. Anybody ever seen such a thing as a card which provides USB *and* Firewire - ie both from just one card (even if not simultaneously) - a bit like the dual functionality of combo modem/ethernet cards? ** 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 ** _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ** 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 **
Re: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc.
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 10:49:16 -0600 (CST) From: Tina Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc. Actually, I've got Win2k on my L110 -- no overclocking, 64 MB of RAM -- and I'm really happy with it. I've installed Professional and turned off all the crap I don't want running, but haven't done anything more complex than that. At this very moment, I have a dial-up connection to the Internet, and an SSH client (putty) connected to my Linux server. I'm using about 5% of the CPU, and 50 MB of RAM. Not an efficient operating system, but perfectly usable for the sorts of things I do -- and a hell of a lot more stable than Win98. I would happily upgrade my L1100 to Win2k as well, but haven't been able to find drivers for the Smart Media slot which I use all the time, alas. On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, David Chien wrote: Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 00:20:49 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc. see my site below for more links and info. 1. My 110CT is running Win98. Will I see any improvment or degredation with XP? Yep. Dog-slow performance with XP. 98 gobbles up about 1/2 of 64MB RAM for me just to startup and load a few icons in the toolbar. xp will gobble up all available RAM, and you'd have to swap everything to the HD just to run one program. Not very efficient or nice at all. XP is based on 2000 which is just another in the line of WinNT OSs - all of them gobble up resources like crazy, and will make the poor 233Mhz CPU of the L110 work overtime. My recommend? Avoid and run Win95 or Win98SE instead. 2. How can I put a larger drive (currently 2GB?) in my 110CT? visit ebay.com buy new, larger HD eg. Hitachi HD 20GB for only $75 for me. was it hrmla.com? (see other post today to this group for more info and address) All compatible 9.5mm or thinner HDs are listed on my site. You can use any. If you don't use Win2K/XP or Linux, you'll also need to use a disk manager progrma to access 8.4GB on the larger HDs - BIOS limitation of the Libretto. If you buy an IBM HD, you can use their free Disk Manager program www.storage.ibm.com; otherwise, simply download Western Digital EZ-Drive 9.09W which installs EZ-BIOS 9.06 onto any 8.4GB HD, and lets the L110 see the full capacity of the HD. (this works for me on my Hitachi) You'll need to avoid the ~1010-1040 cylinder areas on your HD when partitioning (thus you'll have at least 2 partitions to use the entire HD capacity) due to the need to leave the 8.4GB boundary free for the Libretto hardware hibernate to disk info stored there. simply remove two screws on bottom of libretto, remove HD cover, pull out HD, remove handle and screws from old HD, put on new HD, reverse process. about 2 minutes max to finish. 3. Is there away to speed up processing without burning up the boards? See overclocking section on my site below. You can go from 233Mhz to 266Mhz, but that isn't worth the trouble on the L110. On a L100, yes, and about 90% successful based on over 20+ people doing the overclock, but way too much hassle to take the l110 completely apart just to go another 33mhz faster. in japan, they have companies which will overclock for you, and even desolider the CPU and drop in a faster one. I love this little PC and do not want to (and cannot) find another unit of this size and versitility. Actually, there is the Libretto ff1100 which runs at the same speed (or faster depending on model release), and has in addition a built-in digital camera and smart media slot! External, detachable remote control/headphones for MP3 playback, too. Released two generations after the L110, discontinued last year, but still avail. in Japan here and there. About the same size as well. Also, one generation after the L110 came the SS1010 model. Same 233Mhz, and general specs - same size as L50/70 models but only 25mm thick closed (vs. 34mm). A bit bigger (which isn't really the same anymore), I'd only recommend the Fujitsu P-Series (LOOX) for $1499 in the USA. Built-in wide-screen, 800Mhz processor, DVD/CD-RW drive, and about 2.8lbs. Not as light or small as the 2lbs L110, but figuring all that that's been added, well worth the difference. I personally wouldn't even look at the latest Librettos in comparison, the L1/L2/L3 models, because they're the same price, but don't even have a built-in DVD/CD-RW drive, which I personally find very, very enticing. I'd look once at the Sony C1 series, but then drop them for the Fujitsu instead -- I'd rather have the built-in DVD/CD-RW than a so-so built-in digital camera and no drives built-in. Also, the Sony's are more expensive than the Fujitsu's. = adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/
Re: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc.
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 18:17:32 - From: Jon C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc. I argee with Tina, I've got Win2k on my UK L110 and it runs fine. At least with Win2k the hibernate suspend works everytime, unlike Win95/98... My Lib uses about 3% CPU (average) when idle and has about 19mb (average) of ram free. - Original Message - From: Tina Bird To: Libretto Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc. Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 10:49:16 -0600 (CST) From: Tina Bird [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc. Actually, I've got Win2k on my L110 -- no overclocking, 64 MB of RAM -- and I'm really happy with it. I've installed Professional and turned off all the crap I don't want running, but haven't done anything more complex than that. At this very moment, I have a dial-up connection to the Internet, and an SSH client (putty) connected to my Linux server. I'm using about 5% of the CPU, and 50 MB of RAM. Not an efficient operating system, but perfectly usable for the sorts of things I do -- and a hell of a lot more stable than Win98. I would happily upgrade my L1100 to Win2k as well, but haven't been able to find drivers for the Smart Media slot which I use all the time, alas. On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, David Chien wrote: Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 00:20:49 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc. see my site below for more links and info. 1. My 110CT is running Win98. Will I see any improvment or degredation with XP? Yep. Dog-slow performance with XP. 98 gobbles up about 1/2 of 64MB RAM for me just to startup and load a few icons in the toolbar. xp will gobble up all available RAM, and you'd have to swap everything to the HD just to run one program. Not very efficient or nice at all. XP is based on 2000 which is just another in the line of WinNT OSs - all of them gobble up resources like crazy, and will make the poor 233Mhz CPU of the L110 work overtime. My recommend? Avoid and run Win95 or Win98SE instead. 2. How can I put a larger drive (currently 2GB?) in my 110CT? visit ebay.com buy new, larger HD eg. Hitachi HD 20GB for only $75 for me. was it hrmla.com? (see other post today to this group for more info and address) All compatible 9.5mm or thinner HDs are listed on my site. You can use any. If you don't use Win2K/XP or Linux, you'll also need to use a disk manager progrma to access 8.4GB on the larger HDs - BIOS limitation of the Libretto. If you buy an IBM HD, you can use their free Disk Manager program www.storage.ibm.com; otherwise, simply download Western Digital EZ-Drive 9.09W which installs EZ-BIOS 9.06 onto any 8.4GB HD, and lets the L110 see the full capacity of the HD. (this works for me on my Hitachi) You'll need to avoid the ~1010-1040 cylinder areas on your HD when partitioning (thus you'll have at least 2 partitions to use the entire HD capacity) due to the need to leave the 8.4GB boundary free for the Libretto hardware hibernate to disk info stored there. simply remove two screws on bottom of libretto, remove HD cover, pull out HD, remove handle and screws from old HD, put on new HD, reverse process. about 2 minutes max to finish. 3. Is there away to speed up processing without burning up the boards? See overclocking section on my site below. You can go from 233Mhz to 266Mhz, but that isn't worth the trouble on the L110. On a L100, yes, and about 90% successful based on over 20+ people doing the overclock, but way too much hassle to take the l110 completely apart just to go another 33mhz faster. in japan, they have companies which will overclock for you, and even desolider the CPU and drop in a faster one. I love this little PC and do not want to (and cannot) find another unit of this size and versitility. Actually, there is the Libretto ff1100 which runs at the same speed (or faster depending on model release), and has in addition a built-in digital camera and smart media slot! External, detachable remote control/headphones for MP3 playback, too. Released two generations after the L110, discontinued last year,
Re: [LIB] Swapping a 20gig hd
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 12:28:17 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Swapping a 20gig hd in the meantime, these $20 clearence Benwin 1st generation flat-panel David, is it the LTS you've got there? Nope. The Benwin B2000. Microcenter.com blew out hundreds of these last year for about $20. Today, ebay.com brings up handfuls of them searching on benwin speakers. again, a touch better than the cheapest $5 desktop pc speakers, but certainly more for the novelty (you can put a photograph on the front of each speaker to hide them, then mount both flat on the wall) than anything else. = adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ** 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 **
RE: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc.
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 12:34:49 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc. Also, RAM free isn't the true indication of total memory useage of XP (or 2K or NT). All OSs swap out some RAM to HD when it's almost full or full. For Win98SE with a few toolbar applets loaded, I find that on my L110, it boots and is ready to go with about 1/2 (32MB) RAM used, the other 32MB free, and no swap file space in use at all. For XP/2K/NT users, you must examine the total RAM + swapfile in use to know how much memory it actually hogs up, not just total RAM - RAM free. In any case, stability depends on what you do and what you use and how you've got everything setup and backedup. For myself, win98se + all the windowsupdate.microsoft.com patches + IE 5.5 SP2 fully imaged to CD-R with Ghost. Then, install all the other apps one after another until they're all in, setup settings, then another full backup to CD-Rs. Crashes rarely occur, if ever. And when they do too often, it's a mere matter of restoring a perfectly working image from CD-Rs in a few minutes (takes care of any viruses, hacks, and so forth as well). Peace of mind since you never have to spend another couple days reinstalling everything from scratch if the HD gets nuked. = adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ** 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 **
RE: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc.
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 12:35:38 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] XP, Bigger dirve, Increased processing. etc. Also, RAM free isn't the true indication of total memory useage of XP (or 2K or NT). All OSs swap out some RAM to HD when it's almost full or full. For Win98SE with a few toolbar applets loaded, I find that on my L110, it boots and is ready to go with about 1/2 (32MB) RAM used, the other 32MB free, and no swap file space in use at all. For XP/2K/NT users, you must examine the total RAM + swapfile in use to know how much memory it actually hogs up, not just total RAM - RAM free. In any case, stability depends on what you do and what you use and how you've got everything setup and backedup. For myself, win98se + all the windowsupdate.microsoft.com patches + IE 5.5 SP2 fully imaged to CD-R with Ghost. Then, install all the other apps one after another until they're all in, setup settings, then another full backup to CD-Rs. Crashes rarely occur, if ever. And when they do too often, it's a mere matter of restoring a perfectly working image from CD-Rs in a few minutes (takes care of any viruses, hacks, and so forth as well). Peace of mind since you never have to spend another couple days reinstalling everything from scratch if the HD gets nuked. = adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ** 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 **
[LIB] Libretto L1/L2/L3 in California $1499+, Used Jpn. CDs $3!
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 13:21:57 -0800 (PST) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Libretto L1/L2/L3 in California $1499+, Used Jpn. CDs $3! User's Side store in Gardena, CA (southern california) 405 to 110 freeway south to pacific coast highway west to carson ave. corner shopping mall. (or 405 to carson south all the way to PCH corner) $1499+ for the L-series. Has one on display looking quite sleek and black elegant. -- They also have other japanese laptops and desktops and software in stock and can be ordered if you like. eg. that brand-new super thin 16.5mm Sharp Mebius ~3lbs notebook just out (yep, that's 16.5mm closed, open, both parts are even thinner). eg. Hello Kitty labled CD-R discs. eg. the usual lot of Japanese OS, apps and games. eg. the latest Sony VAIO laptops not yet avail. in the US. -- Good buy for those that don't want to buy on ebay.com (although ebay.com can go $200-300 cheaper) and want local store to support them as needed. You have the opportunity to stop in and check it out before buying, too. -- IMO, the one nice thing about the L-series is that the keys on the keyboard are finally 'comfy' sized. Just small enough to make the L-series portable, but not so small that you have to adjust like on the L50-110 series US keyboards. (and if you've got the Japanese keyboard, even more adjustment! ,) They've got a sort of rubber insulated bounce to them, and not 'noisy' like the L110 keyboard. Dont' know if this softness will be good or not in long typing sessions. It is thinner and a touch heavier than the L100/110 series, of course, so it's not a 'Libretto' in the sense of the size and weight of prior models. However, it does take things into a more useable direction where you don't have to have super good eyes and adroit typing skills to fit yourself into the smaller, older Libretto keyboards and screens. Same annoying touch-point as the Sony C1 series, and I would have prefered a touchpad instead. Still, guess they've got some space considerations... The L1 is definitely not a 'book' anymore in terms of portability. Much larger width and depth means you can't just tuck it under your arm like prior Librettos, and it's more like one of their 3lbs notebooks divided in half now. More like a writing tablet now but still lighter than the usual 3lbs slim-notebooks. -- for those looking at the Fujitsu P-series (LOOX in Japan), and wanting the very latest models with all the goodies, User's Side can probably have one special ordered as well -- faster than waiting for the US long lines if you can handle the Japanese OS and keyboard. The US always seems to be a bit behind the Japanese for the latest leading-edge models in terms of thin multi-functional models. -- User's Side also can order those nifty all-in-one Sharp LCD and computer in one models if you like. Stylish models to choose from, and naturally, all in japanese. -- They don't carry any of the 7-color epson inkjet printers (PM-900C/PM-920C/PM-950C) in store, but could probably special order them. These are the world's best photo inkjet printers beating all other inkjet prineters avail. Sadly, avail. in japan only for some reason www.silverace.com/dottyspotty/issue9.html to see my actual print samples of many photo printers except the 7-colors. I'd order one myself if it weren't so hard/expensive to get the cartridges -- After that head over to Pacific Square - 405 to 110 N to Redondo Beach Blvd. Head Pacific Square mall on the south side of the street a couple blocks west from the 110 freeway. (or take 405 to carson exit north, to Redondo east). They have a big shopping mall area with the usual little mini-malls shops. My favorite is Itasho Book Off used Japanese books, magazines, manga CD store. They've got 600+ stores in Japan, and this little find has lots of goodies. $3 CDs of many recent decade pop artists like SPEED, Globe, Utada Hikaru, ELT, etc. - yep! $3 for each album! in very good condition. (a far better buy for those that are into Japanese music vs. those $30+ Japanese CDs new - yep, Japan has crazy CD music prices) Lots of older bands as well, and it goes back a decade to some of the more obscure, hard-to-find titles (like my own favs Mizuki Arisa and Kix-s). Lots of books as well, including some hard-to-find older classics like the novel for Koukou Kyoushi, that 1993 TBS TV classic drama. (well, actually, KK books are gone now that I've been there and bought out the only two titles they had ;) Lots of comic books for those into manga, and worth the visit if you're into anything Japanese. It'll save you a lot of money if you can find it in this used bookstore. -- Anyways, nothing's perfect, and as such, none of these stores have the really obscure like that fourth Koukou Kyoushi book. Or, in another case, that's 0.5mm Fine Black ink replacements for the Uni-ball Gel RT (UMR-85 in Japan and elsewhere). Strangely, Sanford thinks the USA shouldn't get
