Re: [LIB] Fdisk FAT32 switch?
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 19:23:09 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Fdisk FAT32 switch? For future reference, the only MSDOS FDISK that will allow this is from MSDOS 7.1 which comes with Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (aka Win 95b) and later versions such as Windows 98. Win 95 OSR2 was the first version that included the FAT32 filesystem. Jim Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:08:09 -0700 From: Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fdisk FAT32 switch? I have tried both PC DOS 7 and MS DOS 6.22, both will format partition as FAT16. Is there a way to use FDISK to format as FAT32? Thanks. Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097
Re: [LIB] BIOS password, protecting against thieves ..
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:27:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] BIOS password, protecting against thieves .. BIOS and HDD passwords usefulness depends on the notebook. Many notebook's BIOS passwords CAN'T be reset by pulling the battery; if you forget it either you call the manufacturer to get a one-time-use backdoor password or you send it in for service (IBM actually replaces the motherboard in such cases). I believe HDD passwords are written to a reserved area of the disk or into flash ROM on the controller so they can be extremely difficult to remove or bypass. I've also read such passwords are part of the ATA standard so even machines that don't have the ability to password the disk won't be able to read it. (Do google searches on lost hdd password and lost bios password.) __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-To-Go problems
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:17:10 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-To-Go problems May need to provide external power for a USB-attached drive with a Cardbus adapter. I had a slim DVD+/RW drive in a USB enclosure and it needed external power to read DVDs (not CDs though) even when attached to an integrated USB port. When I was playing with the Margi card in the L110 I was using an IBM Portable Drive Bay with an ultraslimbay DVD drive since I also have a Thinkpad 600E and 600X which use that format. The drive bay uses its own PCMCIA-to-ATA card and takes power from 3 AA cells if needed. Drive bay and drives are pretty cheap on eBay. Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 23:17:22 + From: Matthew Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-To-Go problems I've been archiving my VCD files to DVD+-Rs, and at some point will want to ask about recommendations for DVD drives for the Libby to access them. For fastest transfer rate to the Lib's HDD, I'm wondering if I should go to a USB2 DVD drive over PCMCIA. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-To-Go problems
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:03:48 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-To-Go problems I've got one of these too and never got it to display on the L110's screen, only on the TV output from the card's dongle. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [LIB] superslim HDD upgrade
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:01:04 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] superslim HDD upgrade I believe the model 50 (and 60?) needed to have some spacers removed to fit a 9.5mm drive in place of their original 8.45mm drive. Not doing so caused some intermittent problems from things being squeezed too tight. See David's site for maintenance manual and exploded-view images: http://www.silverace.com/libretto/. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [LIB] superslim HDD upgrade
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:19:45 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] superslim HDD upgrade Oops, nevermind my reference to David's site; I thought we were talking about a model 50 for some reason. However, you may need to do something similar for yours if it was designed for a 6.35mm and you are installing a 1.8 7mm drive. Probably won't know until you try it. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [LIB] In Search of: Memory for 50CT
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:26:15 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] In Search of: Memory for 50CT The problem is that this is EDO RAM which is not used for anything any more so it is no longer made in volume (especially on a module that only fits one or two models of notebook). Even SDRAM prices are rising compared to the newer DDR and DDR2 SDRAM for the same reason. but the only memory I can find is new for ~$80. That's outrageous for 16mb of memory, so I thought I would see if anyone has any *used* for sale for less? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
RE: [LIB] In Search of: Memory, Floppy
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:09:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] In Search of: Memory, Floppy It's ridiculously expensive because it's EDO RAM which is not being manufactured in large volumes any more. The same thing is happening to PC133 SDRAM. I'll second the recomendation for Coast to Coast Memory (a.k.a. coastmemory or 18004memory). They have some of the lowest prices on laptop memory and I've bought from them many times with no problems. Jim From: greg ehrendreich [EMAIL PROTECTED] the only memory I can find is new for ~$80. That's outrageous for 16mb of memory, so I thought I would see if anyone has any *used* for sale for less? __ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/
Re: [LIB] Latest 120GB HD benchmark review
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:20:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Latest 120GB HD benchmark review I am 99% sure even the Libretto 110 won't support 137GB. It was released in 1998 and I don't think ATA/66 was even available then, let alone support for huge drives. The best you could do with a 160GB drive would be put it in a USB case, get a USB 2.0 card, and find a convenient way to get the extra power that the USB card won't supply. == Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:17:20 -0700 (PDT) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Latest 120GB HD benchmark review Aren't they all limited to a lower speed by the Libretto's aging interface? Someone said before that the IDE for the hard drive on the Libretto was on the ISA bus... Depends on the model. Older ones L110 have ISA buses, some of the newer ones have faster interfaces that support UDMA connections. Anyways, as long as the HD can max out any interface, that's a good thing. It'll mean that you have no trouble at all keeping the Libretto running as fast as it can go. == Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
Re: [LIB] Touchscreen TabletPC mini-notebook alternatives - Fujitsu P1510
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 16:40:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Touchscreen TabletPC mini-notebook alternatives - Fujitsu P1510 Looks great except it doesn't meet my minimum requirement of 1024x768 screen (which the L-U100 does). It even has my preferred eraser-head pointing device (I hate touchpads). If it really is that much cheaper though I may have to reconsider my screen requirement. == Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 12:45:03 -0700 (PDT) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Touchscreen TabletPC mini-notebook alternatives - Fujitsu P1510 I was recently going through the list of mini-notebooks (Libretto U100, etc.) to see what was available for upgrading from my L110, but nothing really caught my eye. U100 screen didn't fold 180 degrees, others were too big or limited in battery life, and I still love the feeling of the pen drawing on the Toshiba R15 screen (tabletpc). Well, in the middle of searching, the FlyBook did come up - but at $2000 for a Taiwanese import that didn't have hardly any support in the USA, forget that (despite a very juicy glossy red cover model). Happily, came across the Fujitsu P1510 that will (hopefully) be released on time Aug 8th. http://www.handtops.com/show/news/105 Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
Re: [LIB] A new Toshiba U100 review at Bargain PDA
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 20:42:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] A new Toshiba U100 review at Bargain PDA Not necessarily. Some BIOSes have an emulation or legacy mode that puts the USB port under BIOS control to emulate a PS2 KB/mouse. Also, there are USB drivers for DOS. Just do a Google search for USB DOS drivers. Jim == Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 19:14:34 -0400 From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] A new Toshiba U100 review at Bargain PDA David, Nice article. Does the docking station for the U100 have PS/2 ports? While USB is nice for mouse/keyboards under Windows, for DOS I would need PS/2. Thanks! Tony === Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
[LIB] Power supplies (was Re: Libretto U-100)
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 21:15:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LIB] Power supplies (was Re: Libretto U-100) Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:03:58 +1000 From: Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Libretto U-100 -SNIP-- Some laptops like my current one even test the adapter when you plug it in and will do things like disable simultaneous charging and running if it detects an adapter that isn't up to spec (not sure how it does it - it could briefly cause a current surge to test the capabilities of the adapter or it may send some sort of data back down the power cable to query some smarts in the adapter). --SNIP - my Dell Inspiron 9300 monster has a Pentium M 2.0 and a GeForce 6800 but even when playing 3D games the base and air vents only get mildly warm. In contrast, we've got a Sharp AL3DU at work (Pentium M 2.0, GeForce 6600), the base of which gets uncomfortably hot even when idling. /rant :-) - Raymond My own rant: I have an Insprion 9200 (2.0 Pentium M) and also a Targus universal AC/DC power adapter which claims to be 120W (had this before the notebook). I got the powertip for my notebook (which is listed as power only - no charge). I expected that this was just a CYA disclaimer because that tip also works with other lower-powered universal adapters which wouldn't be able to provide full power but it does in fact force the notebook into low-power mode (600 MHz, no charging). The BIOS says the power adapter type is not recognized on boot. Sounds like it's using something other than the power delivery ability of the supply to detect it. I'd like to be able to fool it into working at full power. Jim __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [LIB] Please Help Again: New Problems Installing Win XP On L100
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 10:58:48 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Please Help Again: New Problems Installing Win XP On L100 One item that David mentioned that you didn't: boot partition must be marked active. Normally this would be done by the install process but you may need to do it manually using DOS FDISK or some other partitioning utility. Did you format C: drive as FAT32 or NTFS? If FAT32 then you can boot DOS and see if the correct files are on the drive. Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2005 11:49:42 -0600 From: John Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Please Help Again: New Problems Installing Win XP On L100 SNIP I am really quite stumped. Does anyone have any suggestions? It sort of seems like the Libretto isn't recognizing the c:\ drive as a system drive. My feeling is this isn't a Libretto-specific problem, it is a generic computer problem. But I have no idea what it is. __ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
Re: [LIB] CD-ROM Emulator?
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 15:32:38 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] CD-ROM Emulator? I've been using Daemon-Tools (http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/portal/portal.php) for several years on Win98 on my Lib 110 and Win98/Win2k on other machines. Free for personal use. Mounts standard .iso images (and various others like .ccd CloneCD and .nrg Nero). Jim == Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 16:17:51 -0500 From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CD-ROM Emulator? I've been trying to get Paragon's CD-Emulator 3.0 to work with my Libretto 100CT Win98. Without a CD-ROM drive attached PARAGON's TRAY.EXE crashes. With the CR-ROM attached all is well. I've contacted Paragon and they told me it is a known bug but if I would create the 1st CD image it should work fine after that. Well, it doesn't. It still crashes. What good is a CD-ROM emulator if it only works when you have a real CD-ROM drive attached? Anyone using Paragon's CD-ROM Emulator with a 100CT Win98? Anyone know of a CD-ROM emulator that will work with a Libretto 100CT Win98 in 64MB RAM? With my 40 gig HD I have plenty of room for CD-ROM images; I just need some software that works! Thanks! Tony Oresteen Montverde, FL == __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [LIB] Win2000 SP4 worth it or not?
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:23:56 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Win2000 SP4 worth it or not? The easier way to download hotfixes is to use Windows Update to get the fix number then search for it on MS TechNet. They link to downloadable versions of the patches. Example: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-041.mspx Jim == Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 11:06:50 +0100 From: Philip Nienhuis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Win2000 SP4 worth it or not? 6. There is a trick to save the hotfixes: - A. You need to keep track of which hotfixes and patches are applied in what order. Hint: higher numbered hotfixes obviously have to applied after lower numbered ones. B. Winupdate removes the downloaded update files once they have been applied, but... C. ...Microsoft still hasn't learned the game: these downloaded files are not gone completely! On all Windows versions I saw (95 until XP home) the donwloaded files are still present in the browser cache.. look in Temporary Internet Files etc, the file names are mangled but still contain the original hotfix number. There are 4 caches, look in all of them (hint: sort on date). D. Copy these files a.s.a.p. to a backup subdir and later on CDROM, after having changed their names to something more mnemonic. E. Once you've installed Windows, simply re-apply the hotfixes in the order you wrote down in A. F: Presto! Philip == __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
Re: [LIB] When EZ-Drive is a must for W98 * W2K installations
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 13:27:31 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] When EZ-Drive is a must for W98 * W2K installations 2. I don't know if this could have been a factor, though I doubt it. I installed the old Farstone 'Virtual CD' software on both XP and 98 so I could put the Delorme Street Atlas data CD into a file the systems could see as a virtual CD drive lettered Z: I'm not familiar with Farstone but I'd recommend trying the free Daemon-Tools (www.daemon-tools.cc). The downside is it doesn't compress images like Norton Virtual Drive (which I had a few years ago) but the upside is that it mounts most common CD image formats [.iso, .ccd (CloneCD), .nrg (Nero), etc.]. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [LIB] Partitioning warning w/EZ-Drive Partition Magic
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:42:11 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Partitioning warning w/EZ-Drive Partition Magic Look for a Windows program installed with Ghost called Ghost Explorer (ghostexp.exe). That will open up Ghost images just like a zip file. Jim == Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 02:30:19 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Partitioning warning w/EZ-Drive Partition Magic OH! That reminds me to find out if files inside Ghost images can be extracted individually. It would be nice to make a compressed image of my data parition, burn it to a CD (no DVD-R drive yet), and be able to extract individual files from the burned image on a CD-R disk. But Winzip won't do it. Matt === __ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
Re: [LIB] Question on W2000 partitioning
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:23:22 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Question on W2000 partitioning Normally Win98 will run on any partition except that io.sys, msdos.sys, autoexec.bat, config.sys, etc. must be on first partition of first hard drive. If Win2k is installed then boot.ini is used to select which OS to run. If Win98 is selected then msdos.sys tells it where to look for the rest of the OS. Not sure if Win2k bootloader will allow you to put entire Win98 on a logical partition but it should allow you to have multiple installs of Win2k on different partitions (also selected on boot from the options in boot.ini). Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 17:46:56 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Question on W2000 partitioning I want to create a new partition and restore a W2000 image to it in order to test making it run faster. Will W2000 run from a logical/extended partition? Or must it be run from a primary partition? Win98 will run from a logical/extended partition, right? I need to run that to support this TDK sound card, and play MP3s from another partition. Thx, Matt __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 15:22:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Install Linux on 110CT w/FD/CD - UPDATE I When you boot from the floppy your card slots are under BIOS control so if you are installing off a USB CD rather than a PCMCIA CD you should be able to do an install that does not use PCMCIA drivers and install them later instead. Once the installer kernel with the USB driver is loaded from the floppy it shouldn't need to access the floppy anymore so you might be able to just eject the drive before the installer starts looking for hardware. If there is no boot floppy that has USB drivers without PCMCIA drivers then maybe you can pass an option to the installer somehow to not look for PCMCIA slots. I haven't tested this since I've only installed from the hard drive. The linux driver for the floppy (floppy_cs.o) is at http://libxg.free.fr/floppy/floppy.htm (I haven't used it yet). Jim ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com
Re: [LIB] Re: External power for a USB 2 card necessary?
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:22:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: External power for a USB 2 card necessary? If you want enough power to run an external 2.5 HDD then the PCMCIA socket can't do it; I believe all CardBus USB cards have an external power jack (usually with a PS/2 cable or an AC adapter). If you only need to run keyboard/mouse or similar low-power devices you don't need to connect the external power. The 2.5 HDD cases usually also have a special USB cable with an extra power tap for the same reason. Jim = 8 Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 01:46:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: External power for a USB 2 card necessary? Just picked up a USB 2 cardbus PC card for my L100, and opened the box to find it's got an adapter to feed power from a PS/2 socket. I'm a bit tired, and not feeling up to a Google search. Anyone have a USB 2 card that gets power directly via the PCMCIA port? I'm really prefer not to have to depend on the EPR to power the darned thing. Are there USB 2 PC cards that get powered from the PCMCIA socket? Matt == ___ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com
Re: [LIB] Re: External power for a USB 2 card necessary?
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:42:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: External power for a USB 2 card necessary? Also, if you do need to use a high-power device, the mini-port-replicator might give you enough power through its PS/2 port. That would be much better than needing the EPR. Jim At 10:16 AM 27/09/2004 -0700, you wrote: Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 01:46:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Matt Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: External power for a USB 2 card necessary? Just picked up a USB 2 cardbus PC card for my L100, and opened the box to find it's got an adapter to feed power from a PS/2 socket. I'm a bit tired, and not feeling up to a Google search. Anyone have a USB 2 card that gets power directly via the PCMCIA port? I'm really prefer not to have to depend on the EPR to power the darned thing. Are there USB 2 PC cards that get powered from the PCMCIA socket? Matt __ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [LIB] Re: Libretto usage?
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:08:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: Libretto usage? Hence the problem. Unless you do the memory hack you described in the Win2k thread (which no one has reported actually doing yet) you are stuck with 32MB on Lib 50-70 or 64MB on Lib 100-110. Using the slinky installer supposedly installs Red Had 9 even with only 8MB. I think it also lets you select lower-resource-using versions of some of the packages. === 2 Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 23:01:10 -0700 (PDT) From: John Musielewicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: Libretto usage? they all will install on a 386 as long as you have at least 128meg of ram. === __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---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] Re: Libretto usage?
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:37:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: Libretto usage? Have you tried installing a newer Red Hat or Fedora using the slinky installer (http://www.rule-project.org/)? Haven't tried it myself yet but supposedly the newer distros may RUN on older hardware, they just won't INSTALL. (I currently have Red Hat 7.3 on my 64MB Lib110 dual-booting with Win98SE; soon I will be trying triple-boot with Win2k/Win98SE/newer Linux.) Jim Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:57:58 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: Libretto usage? hi, good question - and one that I'll hijack for a related question ;-) I'd use my libretto for a whole lot more if I could run a modern Linux distro on it. being very very busy (oh yes) means that I dont have too much time to 'play around' so I was wondering if anyone on this list could advise... Fedora Core 1/2/3 dont work on my Libretto 50CT (32Mb, 810Mb HD) ..is this because of 1) lack of memory 2) some obscure driver issue 3) some obscure APM/ACPI wierdness as i said, I'd love to use the box more..and I'd love to have time to diagnose this (when I say 'doesnt work' it fails to boot doing a standard installation method... you know, the sort of thing you'd normally do) in the meantime, my little Lib is running a really ancient RedHat 5.1 with 2.0.40 kernel. its kinda geeky and quirky I guess... but none of the serious tools I need to use day to day will work with such an old libc and compile environment :-| I'd also like to try one of those 3G cards with it..but no chance without newer distro tools etc Alan __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---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] Re: Libretto usage?
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:37:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: Libretto usage? Have you tried installing a newer Red Hat or Fedora using the slinky installer (http://www.rule-project.org/)? Haven't tried it myself yet but supposedly the newer distros may RUN on older hardware, they just won't INSTALL. (I currently have Red Hat 7.3 on my 64MB Lib110 dual-booting with Win98SE; soon I will be trying triple-boot with Win2k/Win98SE/newer Linux.) Jim Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:57:58 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: Libretto usage? hi, good question - and one that I'll hijack for a related question ;-) I'd use my libretto for a whole lot more if I could run a modern Linux distro on it. being very very busy (oh yes) means that I dont have too much time to 'play around' so I was wondering if anyone on this list could advise... Fedora Core 1/2/3 dont work on my Libretto 50CT (32Mb, 810Mb HD) ..is this because of 1) lack of memory 2) some obscure driver issue 3) some obscure APM/ACPI wierdness as i said, I'd love to use the box more..and I'd love to have time to diagnose this (when I say 'doesnt work' it fails to boot doing a standard installation method... you know, the sort of thing you'd normally do) in the meantime, my little Lib is running a really ancient RedHat 5.1 with 2.0.40 kernel. its kinda geeky and quirky I guess... but none of the serious tools I need to use day to day will work with such an old libc and compile environment :-| I'd also like to try one of those 3G cards with it..but no chance without newer distro tools etc Alan __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---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] Re: Libretto usage?
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:37:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: Libretto usage? Have you tried installing a newer Red Hat or Fedora using the slinky installer (http://www.rule-project.org/)? Haven't tried it myself yet but supposedly the newer distros may RUN on older hardware, they just won't INSTALL. (I currently have Red Hat 7.3 on my 64MB Lib110 dual-booting with Win98SE; soon I will be trying triple-boot with Win2k/Win98SE/newer Linux.) Jim Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 22:57:58 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: Libretto usage? hi, good question - and one that I'll hijack for a related question ;-) I'd use my libretto for a whole lot more if I could run a modern Linux distro on it. being very very busy (oh yes) means that I dont have too much time to 'play around' so I was wondering if anyone on this list could advise... Fedora Core 1/2/3 dont work on my Libretto 50CT (32Mb, 810Mb HD) ..is this because of 1) lack of memory 2) some obscure driver issue 3) some obscure APM/ACPI wierdness as i said, I'd love to use the box more..and I'd love to have time to diagnose this (when I say 'doesnt work' it fails to boot doing a standard installation method... you know, the sort of thing you'd normally do) in the meantime, my little Lib is running a really ancient RedHat 5.1 with 2.0.40 kernel. its kinda geeky and quirky I guess... but none of the serious tools I need to use day to day will work with such an old libc and compile environment :-| I'd also like to try one of those 3G cards with it..but no chance without newer distro tools etc Alan __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---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] Re: 100GB 2.5 9.5mm Toshiba HD MK1031GAS coming soon!!!
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 16:06:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: 100GB 2.5 9.5mm Toshiba HD MK1031GAS coming soon!!! AFAIK there have been no cable changes in parallel ATA since the ATA/66. The major advance of ATA-6 is the ability to have drives 137GB which doesn't have anything to do with the cable. I have a 60GB ATA-6 drive replacing a 20GB ATA-5 drive in my Inspiron 8200 so it shouldn't be a problem. There probably won't be any cable change until/unless notebooks switch to SATA. --- Nelly Santos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Toshiba MK1031GAS (AT6) - compatible with an AT5 older hard drive cable for notebook? Been trying to find out, toshiba can't even answer my question. nelly __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---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] 50/70 plug dimensions part# needed
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:33:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 50/70 plug dimensions part# needed Without waiting for your embarassing revelation I'll post some info: Targus/ChargeSource PowerTip for Lib 50/70 is #6 or #114 (higher current rating?). This is the same one indicated for the Portege 660CDT (which I have); it is a 6.3/3.0mm barrel or coax plug. I have power supplies with 6.3/3.0mm and 6.5/3.0mm plugs that work with the 660CDT; Toshiba's 15V supplies (PA2484U and PA2438U) seem to be the 6.3mm variety so that is the jack I would get if there is any question. Jim Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 21:24:43 + From: Matt Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 50/70 plug dimensions part# needed --- SNIP --- After all the discussion about dimensions for the 50/70 power plugs, I came to an incredibly embarassing revelation... I'll report back on that later through. --- SNIP --- == __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---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] Which 100CT chipset and cardbus controller?
Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 10:22:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Which 100CT chipset and cardbus controller? 'Device Manager' ...doh! Didn't think of that. I've got a couple different USB controllers on my 100CT: * NEC USB Open Host Controller [E13+] * USB Root Hub Is the 'Open Host Controller' basiically what you're seeing in your 110 as a 'Toshiba ToPIC 97'? And out of curiosity, do you have the 'USB Root Hub' device in the 110 Device Manager too Jim? ToPIC97 shows up under 'PCMCIA socket' (in Win2k it's 'PCMCIA adapters'); USB controller is not actually part of Libretto. You should only see that if you are using the Enhanced Port Replicator or a Cardbus USB card. Oh gee what the heck was that free software that reports system components... I just saw it breezing by something the other day, and didn't think of grabbing it. Don't know if it gets that specific though. According to WCPUID the chipset is 'Toshiba 601'; CPU-Z also shows model 601. Jim __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Domains Claim yours for only $14.70/year http://smallbusiness.promotions.yahoo.com/offer ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---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] Which 100CT chipset and cardbus controller?
Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 15:49:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Which 100CT chipset and cardbus controller? I believe the Cardbus controller on my 110 is a Toshiba ToPIC 97 (according to Win98SE Device Manager and the linux PCMCIA developer). Have no idea on the motherboard chipset though. Does the card or software have a suggested minimum CPU? An important point is that that suggestion may assume you have a L2 cache which the Libretto does not in models 110 and below. That can be a significant performance hit which could cause problems with something requiring a continuous stream like audio. Jim == 6 Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 05:34:59 + From: Matt Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Which 100CT chipset and cardbus controller? I'm hoping David, or someone might know which chipset and cardbus controller the 100CT is using. The only info on chips I see on Adorable Libretto for the 100CT are these: * Graphics Chip NeoMagic NM-2160 * Sound Chip Yamaha OPL3 SA3 The info for the Indigo IO sound card on the Echo wesbite says that their card has been successfully tested with all Intel chipsets, meaning the main MB controller chipset. But I see no such info anywhere for such a beast on the 100CT. The other thing I need is the type of cardbus controller. Responding to a question about the Indigo IO sound card on a Toshiba Libretto, Echo tech support replied saying that the only problem they've seen on Toshiba notebooks is with ENE cardbus controllers. Anyone have any info about these things? Matt === __ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! - Internet access at a great low price. http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---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] Off-topic: Philips DVP642 DVD/DIVX/etc. player for $70 at Walmart,
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 13:52:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Off-topic: Philips DVP642 DVD/DIVX/etc. player for $70 at Walmart, I have the Margi DVD-to-Go ZV card and I believe the playback was OK, but only on the card's video output. Never managed to get it to play on the LCD. I used: Libretto 110 (233MHz), Thinkpad 600E 2x DVD drive and external PCMCIA case (Portable Drive Bay). Jim Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 23:11:08 -0700 (PDT) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] Off-topic: Philips DVP642 DVD/DIVX/etc. player for $70 at Walmart, something that would play DVDs on our Librettos! That's not been done at this point, has it? I've been under the impression that even the 110's at 233MHz, or clocked to 266MHz, don't have the umph required for DVD playback... yes? Sadly, not even a 266Mhz L110 will play a DVD directly from the disc under the various software players such as WinDVD in real-time. All will skip frames and will do under 15 frames per second. Here, some have looked into those MPEG-2 Zoomed Video (ZV) accelerator cards from Margi, but I don't recall anyone saying one way or the other that you can definitely achieve DVD playback on the Libretto w/o skipping and such. === __ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---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] Re: 100GB 2.5 9.5mm Toshiba HD MK1031GAS coming soon!!!
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 19:01:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 100GB 2.5 9.5mm Toshiba HD MK1031GAS coming soon!!! I'm waiting for the 120GB 5400rpm 7200rpm drives. Probably get several for my old laptops since that's the largest size the old IDE interface can handle. Jim Quote: 8 Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 12:39:01 -0700 (PDT) From: David Chien [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 100GB 2.5 9.5mm Toshiba HD MK1031GAS coming soon!!! Yeah Now I can really load up my baby! Of course, we'll have to see if EZ-Drive + W98/WME or W2k/WXP/Linux alone can work with such a big HD given that it exceeds not only the 8GB limit, but the 80GB Windows (WXP +SP1 okay) limit as well. SNIP = adorable toshiba libretto The latest news and information for the Toshiba Libretto owner. http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---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] Mic/Headset Plugs for L100/110
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 21:26:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] Mic/Headset Plugs for L100/110 Thanks very much for posting this, I just got two. Better hurry, only two left!!! Jim 3 Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 21:14:45 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mic/Headset Plugs for L100/110 Just saw these on ebay - I have a set and they are the most compact I've found. I have no interest in this deal, just a FYI. [Link fixed by Jim] http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=347299 Lee __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/ ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---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] USB powered external HD
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:03:49 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] USB powered external HD I got both of my cases off ebay too (shipped from PRC or ROC). I don't think there will be any fuse blown; if there isn't enough current the disk just won't spin up. Both of my USB-enabled laptops have no problem powering them; only the PCCard USB 2.0 doesn't have enough power by itself because of the PCCard limits. Jim = 3 Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 13:50:31 + From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] USB powered external HD From: Wouter Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: USB powered external HD Hello all, I am looking for an external 2.5 USB harddisk. I want it to be fully bus-powered, do not want to use an ac-adapter or PS2-powercable. Obviously I'd like this thing to be able to work on my Libretto 110 as well. I'm using a USB2.0-pc-card. I recycled an old 20G drive into an IBM-labeled USB interface external carrier. This has no external power supply; it's fed from *two* USB connectors. It works off the desktop OK but I don't care to try it on the (portege) laptop, which has a single USB slot. The reason I'm concerned - the spec on the disk has a peak power requirement of an amp at five volts; the maximum from a single USB socket is half an amp. I don't want to blow fuses - assuming that there are any there to blow :) Having said that - (a) I'd hope that the USB PSU is designed to shut down gracefully in case of overload, and (b) the case I bought only cost me a tenner (UK) from eBay, so if you have a disk lying around, it might be worth a try. At your own risk, of course :) Neil - Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/ __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---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] USB powered external HD
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 09:51:10 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] USB powered external HD I don't think there's any way to get it to work without an extra power cable. All Cardbus USB 2.0 cards (there don't seem to be any 16-bit ones) have a jack for external power because the card slots only provide 500mA. That might be barely enough to run a 2.5 HDD but not enough to spin it up; most drives need almost 1A to start up. I have two cards, one BUSLink and one no-name from ebay, and two external USB 2.0 2.5 drive enclosures from ebay. The drives work fine without extra power on the built-in USB 1.1 ports on several laptops and desktops I've tried. Haven't tried my Lib 110 extended port replicator yet but I'd expect it to work. My no-name card came with a PS2 power cable; it didn't provide enough power on my Thinkpad 600E but it did on my Inspiron 8200. 8 Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:46:19 +0100 (CET) From: Wouter Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: USB powered external HD Hello all, (I'm re-re-sending this again today as my previous posts from 3 and 1 days ago did somehow not appear on the list) I am looking for an external 2.5 USB harddisk. I want it to be fully bus-powered, do not want to use an ac-adapter or PS2-powercable. Obviously I'd like this thing to be able to work on my Libretto 110 as well. I'm using a USB2.0-pc-card. I've read that a lot of people have problems powering them through the usb-port, especially on laptops and pc-cards. When I look at the power properties of my 'usb root hub' in the device manager I see it is capable of supplying 500mah per port. As this is according to the usb-specs I hope it is able to power an external hd. I have tried my webcam, which claims to draw 500mah, and it works perfectly. But I'm not going to simply trust this. Does anybody have any experience with powering an external harddisk through USB pc-card on a Libretto? I don't want to end up buying one that doesn't work without extra power. Thanks, Wouter __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---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] [OT] Battery cells
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:17:02 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] [OT] Battery cells The Lib 100/110 pack takes 17x67mm cells (a.k.a. 4/3A; an A-cell is 17x50mm). The actual measurement I took showed them as 16.5mm rather than 17mm so there is some leeway. The 18.3mm cells mentioned in another post would probably be 4/3FA cells; I assume the F means fat. http://www.batterystation.com/nicads.htm is a good site to see what the dimensions of various standard raw cells are. Jim 8 Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 21:16:58 + From: Matt Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] [OT] Battery cells correction From: Matt Hanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] So are we stuck with 1500-1600mah NiMH cells That should be 1500-1600mah NiMH cells... I have to proof read 3-4 times, and rushed the process again. Also... I can't find the post in my files on just what the cell dimensions are for the Lib battery packs. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---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] 110CT enhanced port replicator
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:31:39 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Drouillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LIB] 110CT enhanced port replicator Yes, 100 and 110 use the same port replicator, part number PA2719. Lib 100 and 110 are virtually identical; 110 just came with faster CPU and larger capacity HDD. Jim 6 Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 05:25:12 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LIB] 110CT enhanced port replicator Is the Libby 110 Enhanced Port Replicator identical to the Libby 100 Enhanced Port Replicator? If so, I have one I could sell. Regards, Dick -Original Message- From: chester prudhomme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 5:59 AM To: Libretto Subject: [LIB] 110CT enhanced port replicator Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 02:57:39 -0800 From: chester prudhomme [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 110CT enhanced port replicator Delta Airlines managed to lose the enhanced port replicator for my Libby 110..does anyone have one for sale? I don't need the power supply. Email me off list with replies. Thanks, Chester __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives ---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 **
