[LIB] Toshiba 100GB suggestions..?

2006-02-02 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 19:27:49 + From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LIB] Toshiba 100GB suggestions..? I'm about to upgrade my HDD on my 110CT, and it looks to me as though 100GB is the best value for money at the moment (120GB is about 50% more)... Anyone care t

[LIB] Hard Disk activity led...

2005-06-01 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 20:53:35 +0100 From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Hard Disk activity led... Anyone have any idea why the hard disk activity light on libretto 100CT/110CT does not work with some hard drives?? The last two hard drive upgrades I have installed (Fujitsu 40

[LIB] Gentoo/which pentium?

2005-06-01 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 20:10:29 +0100 From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Gentoo/which pentium? Has anyone on the list tried installing gentoo linux onto a 100CT/110CT? I am about to do this, and am just wondering where the Libretto's 'Mobile Pentium MMX' com

[LIB] Hard Disk activity led...

2005-06-01 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 20:53:35 +0100 From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Hard Disk activity led... Anyone have any idea why the hard disk activity light on libretto 100CT/110CT does not work with some hard drives?? The last two hard drive upgrades I have installed (Fujitsu 40

[LIB] Gentoo/which pentium?

2005-06-01 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 20:10:29 +0100 From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Gentoo/which pentium? Has anyone on the list tried installing gentoo linux onto a 100CT/110CT? I am about to do this, and am just wondering where the Libretto's 'Mobile Pentium MMX' com

Re: [LIB] HD temperature

2003-04-03 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 23:53:42 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] HD temperature Corrado Formicola: > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Apr 3 22:50:39 2003 > X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Envelope-To:

Re: [LIB] Floppy drives

2003-04-03 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 23:06:14 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Floppy drives Hi, Interesting - thanks. I assume that implies that this is fixed in the PA2612U device, correct? The only difference I see in fake CIS is the addition of the line

Re: [LIB] uk surfing

2003-04-01 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:47:53 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] uk surfing Out of interest, any idea how easy it is to setup under Linux? If that works, I might look into it too. Regards, DigbyT > Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:44:52 EST >

[LIB] W98 install CD

2003-03-31 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 04:16:14 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: W98 install CD All, I bought my 100CT a long time ago, when it was being supplied with W95 on a stack of floppies. I have now obtained an 'official' Toshiba W98 install CD which I woul

[LIB] Floppy drives

2003-03-31 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 15:36:52 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Floppy drives Hi, does anyone know what the difference is between a model PA2940U floppy drive (received with my first 100CT) and a PA2612U (with my second)? Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S.

Re: [LIB] First problems to solve (100CT & Win98SE)

2003-03-29 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2003 16:08:55 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] First problems to solve (100CT & Win98SE) > My first question: how is it necessary (or just convenient) to > fdisk the 10 Go IBM Travelstar I plan to use? I have read some &g

Re: [LIB] LAN cards

2003-03-12 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:50:10 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] LAN cards Hi Neil, Great! - thanks for your suggestions. The wireless card options would have been my next question, so thanks for that as well. I think I will probably need to carry

[LIB] LAN cards

2003-03-11 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 05:19:27 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: LAN cards I am looking to upgrage my 10Mb PCMCIA lan card (3COM Etherlink III) with a 10/100 card, and would appreciate any suggestions/experiences from Libretto users who are running Linux.

Re: [LIB] Re: L100CT vs L110CT

2003-03-03 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 23:37:51 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Re: L100CT vs L110CT Hi David, Thanks, that it sort of what I was hoping. My current 100CT has 64MB and a 20GB disk with SuSE Linux, so I probably wouldn't need to buy anything e

Re: [LIB] 100CT vs 110CT

2003-03-02 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:26:42 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT vs 110CT Hi David, Thanks for your comments. Are you saying that a hard drive loaded with original 100CT softare will not run on a 110CT and vice versa, or just that the instal

[LIB] 100CT vs 110CT

2003-03-02 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 18:23:24 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 100CT vs 110CT Does anyone happen to know of the top of their heads if there is any difference between the Libretto 100CT and the 110CT other than going from 166MHz to 266Mhz? I was just contemp

Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale

2003-02-28 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 20:53:39 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale Fair enough. I'll agree that lack of availability of intallation media is potential problem for anyone wanting Windows. Although I would have thought anyone no this

Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale

2003-02-28 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:23:55 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale It doesn't seem to be predictable. I have sometimes bought new stuff that has come through without any tax, and other times have had tax added to second hand go

Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale

2003-02-27 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 01:38:45 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale Shipping and tax would probably be the killer. I am in London, so it would probably be better for me to pick one up next time I am in the US. My last trip was about 4 wee

Re: [LIB] Libretto #135

2003-02-27 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 01:27:04 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto #135 > Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 12:39:18 -0500 > From: "Tom Wilmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [LIB] Libretto #135 > > I'd fo

Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale

2003-02-27 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 16:15:34 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 110CT For Sale I have occasionally thought that it wouldn't be a bad idea to have a backup for my 100CT just in case, so I could be tempted. Any idea what sort of price you would

Re: [LIB] Windows 2000 on Libretto 50

2002-12-04 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 22:24:35 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Windows 2000 on Libretto 50 Hi Neil, I'm curious about your choice of Mandrake Linux. I originally used RedHat, but am now using SuSE, which seems to work fine, although both we

[LIB] Re: List clean up

2002-08-20 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 00:08:48 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: List clean up > Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 14:15:37 -0700 (PDT) > From: Christian Kuiphoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: List clean up > > I vote for putting it ba

Re: Re[2]: [LIB] A special powful tool

2002-07-19 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 12:45:41 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [LIB] A special powful tool > I know this doesn't help you *now* but may I recommend to you and others > that you use different email addresses for every place thats likel

Re: Re[2]: [LIB] A special powful tool

2002-07-18 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 20:27:07 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [LIB] A special powful tool My address has been misappropriated by the same sort of 'pondscum' of late, which I must say annoys me even more than the scum that keep filling

[LIB] Apple QuickTime movie file (moov)

2002-06-04 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 21:01:37 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Apple QuickTime movie file (moov) Just wondering if anyone has come across any software that will play this file format under Linux on a 100CT? xanim bails out after reporting: XAnim Rev 2.80.

[LIB] Toshiba 2GB PCMCIA

2002-06-04 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 20:49:00 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Toshiba 2GB PCMCIA Has anyone else who has bought one of those 2Gb Toshiba PCMCIA drives being sold by morgan computers for UK 82.24 investigated the interesting warnings about partitioning/form

Re: [LIB] Info about the keyboard and mouse ports ... IT

2002-06-03 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:40:19 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Info about the keyboard and mouse ports ... IT I came in a little late on this thread also, so appologies if this has already been asked, but why not just use a PS/2 Y adapter if yo

Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb

2002-05-01 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 20:50:28 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb > > > >I measured the hibernation start as 8,373,335,040 on my 100CT, but the > >BIOS may be holding back a little more for some reason.

Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb

2002-05-01 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 10:21:47 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] fdisk cannot partition 8.4gb Hmm, I make 7,978MB = 8,365,539,328 which sounds close enough to me... (you do know 1GB is not 1000 MB right??? ) I measured the hibernation st

Re: [LIB] 100CT Replicator + suspend..?

2002-04-28 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 07:20:31 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT Replicator + suspend..? Hi, > Paul Bristow: > I had exactly the same symptoms under Linux. I gave up on the EPR in > the end. Good job I got it for $19. Thanks f

[LIB] Phantom disks resolved.

2002-04-28 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 07:30:57 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Phantom disks resolved. Thanks to all that offered suggestions. I managed to juggle my partitions (using Linux fdisk) without having to re-install anything, and created a Windows (FAT) partit

Re: [LIB] 100CT Replicator + suspend..?

2002-04-28 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 07:23:21 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 100CT Replicator + suspend..? Hi, > > Never had any trouble with my Win2000 installation. My L100 works in > standby/resume mode all the time. > I was using the original W

[LIB] 100CT Replicator + suspend..?

2002-04-27 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:53:37 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 100CT Replicator + suspend..? I don't use the hibernate option very much, so this may well be a problem which has always existed - but I just tried it in order to check my HD partitioning t

Re: [LIB] display brightness

2002-04-27 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 10:26:19 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] display brightness > > > >Dunno about an SDK but you might want to look to the Linux community and > >see if you can find some bits of source code that might help ..

Re: [LIB] Phantom disks??

2002-04-27 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2002 10:06:05 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Phantom disks?? Just to clarify, any reference I have made to a Windows extended partition was in addition to a primary partition. There is certainly no problem creating a D: drive

[LIB] (Re)Installation...

2002-04-26 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:39:26 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: (Re)Installation... Further to my 'Phantom disk' thread, I am starting to resign myself to the need to regard the first run through as a test install, and wipe everything and try

Re: [LIB] Phantom disks??

2002-04-25 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 05:57:02 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Phantom disks?? > > > >The final curiosity is that Windows tells me the extended partition is > >completely empty. If doesn't show the Linux partitions as non-DO

Re: [LIB] UK libretto options stock clearance

2002-04-25 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 05:39:39 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] UK libretto options stock clearance Thanks for the pointer Neil. The EPR is definately worth while for anybody that doesn't have one at that price. I picked mine up cheap from

[LIB] Phantom disks??

2002-04-25 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 14:37:39 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Phantom disks?? I am looking for some advice from any Windows experts out there that think they can explain a mysterious phenomenon I am seeing on My Libretto 100CT. I have partitioned my har

Re: [LIB] UK libretto options stock clearance

2002-04-25 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:40:35 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] UK libretto options stock clearance Could be just me, but I couldn't find any reference to these items on their web site. At least the 'Toshiba Accessories - Bargains'

[LIB] Linux FDD

2002-04-23 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 01:49:31 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Linux FDD Another question before I have a look at it myself: Has anyone tried getting the driver for the Libretto PCMCIA floppy drive to work on kernel 2.4.10 or similar? How about 100

[LIB] Linux sound

2002-04-23 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 23:04:01 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Linux sound I have just gone through the process of installing SuSE Linux 7.3 onto a 20GB hard drive, and am trying to figure out if I have configured the audio hardware optimally. The

Re: [LIB] SPAM ugh...

2002-04-10 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 21:30:07 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] SPAM ugh... In my opinion the only safe way to read e-mail is with a mail client, not a web browser. Anytime I am in a situation where I am away from home and have to use a Windows m

Re: [LIB] solid state disk

2001-12-09 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 21:16:57 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] solid state disk I looked at using PCMCIA flash drives as in place of removable hard disks as removable media some time back. I was using SyQuest 88Mb SCSI drives, which are no

Re: [LIB] Hi

2001-12-05 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 17:55:46 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Hi Seems to be identified by my scanners as a 'WORM_GONE.A' virus, whatever that is. On Unix it just wastes space in my mailbox. Guess those lucky windows users get a bit mor

Re: Libretto Accessory Clearance

2001-08-29 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 14:06:11 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Libretto Accessory Clearance > > Toshiba has some accessories on clearance. > > PA2719U Toshiba Libretto Enhanced Port Replicator(Was $439. SAVE $420!!!) > $19.00 &g

IE Reinstall [OT]

2001-08-29 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:57:51 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: IE Reinstall [OT] Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but this is the only list I am on with a fair number of knowledgable Windows users on it... I had discarded IE from a W98 desktop as I normal

Re: Earphone and Headphone jacks on 100CT

2001-06-03 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 17:33:05 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Earphone and Headphone jacks on 100CT > Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 15:22:25 -0400 > From: "Ken Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Earphone and Headphone jacks o

Re: Libretto 30 *now* "blind" to fitted Hard Disk(s)

2001-05-31 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 02:31:25 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Libretto 30 *now* "blind" to fitted Hard Disk(s) > > > >If Unix can see the disk, but the BIOS can't, even with a different > >disk installed, then you

Re: Libretto 30 *now* "blind" to fitted Hard Disk(s)

2001-05-31 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 17:13:42 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Libretto 30 *now* "blind" to fitted Hard Disk(s) Are you absolutely sure that your Windows BSOD was not a result of a hard disk or other hardware failure? I would do the fo

Re: Preferred version of Linux on 110?

2001-05-31 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 13:44:20 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Preferred version of Linux on 110? RedHat (5.2) was the first package I installed on my Libretto, and I must say that I was less than impressed. The installation method was very clumsy, an

Re: Windows reinstallation assistance required!!

2001-05-21 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 15:47:59 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Windows reinstallation assistance required!! > > > > Mine was also bought in the UK. Perhaps it is a problem > > specific to the UK model?? Does any other region use t

Re: Windows reinstallation assistance required!!

2001-05-21 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 14:48:17 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Windows reinstallation assistance required!! > Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 13:56:05 +0100 > From: "George Waller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Windows reinstallati

Re: Re[2]: Request for Comments from All Members: List problems

2001-05-21 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 14:09:38 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Request for Comments from All Members: List problems Fortunately my normal mail reader is not quite as crippled as Neil's hotmail account. Normally what stuffs me up with filte

Re: Re[2]: Request for Comments from All Memebers: List problems

2001-05-21 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 07:58:06 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Re[2]: Request for Comments from All Memebers: List problems > > If anyone has any suggestions on things that are needed let me know. > I have been thinking about puttin

Re: Windows reinstallation assistance required!!

2001-05-21 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 08:37:56 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Windows reinstallation assistance required!! Hello George, Yours seems like a familiar story. I sounds like you received the same (useless) package with your 100CT as I did. Out of cur

Re: X on Libretto (OS=Linux)

2001-04-11 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 08:02:50 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: X on Libretto (OS=Linux) I am more familiar with BSD than Linux, but I would have thought idle services would only effect swap utilization and not memory? That was certainly how it was in

Re: The large disk question...

2001-03-16 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 10:10:24 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: The large disk question... Hi Neil, > > Are you in a position to do the same thing on a CT50, before you fill your > disk up? (I'd do it myself, but I only have 6G

The large disk question...

2001-03-15 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 21:00:06 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: The large disk question... For anyone who is interested, I have now picked up a 20GB hard disk try upgrade my 100CT, and have done some experimenting to see exactly what happens with hibernation

Large hard disks...

2001-01-21 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 06:50:51 + (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Large hard disks... This probably qualifies as a FAQ, but given the rapid change in technology, any archived response is probably out of date... Can anyone advise which large capacity hard dis

Re: Hibernation partition on a large disk

2000-10-26 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 00:32:27 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Hibernation partition on a large disk > > I don't think BIOS creates a partition to hibernate at all. It just write > directly to the area where it thinks it should be. >

Re: Screen hangs when typing BIOS password: CMOS battery?

2000-10-16 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:33:17 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Screen hangs when typing BIOS password: CMOS battery? > Second question: > About two or three weeks ago, the ordinary battery died and I didn't > change it, as I worked

Re: other OS's

2000-10-13 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:21:35 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: other OS's >I've just had a Libretto 50 dropped in my lap because its previous owner >found it too slow. While I agree that 75Mhz and 16 Mb of RAM isn't state of &

Re: Killer scientific calculator emulator

2000-09-21 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 12:02:36 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Killer scientific calculator emulator > > So now I'm a confirmed HP head...with an 11C on my desk that is still on the > original batteries from 1985 or so, and the added a

Re: sceptre SoundxPC

2000-09-20 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:55:36 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: sceptre SoundxPC [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > Oh yes - While I'm at it, how about a computer smaller than the L50, with a PIII >750MHZ chip, 128M RAM and a 12G hard drive? All soun

Re: Libretto 100-On/Off LED stays on.

2000-08-24 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:55:54 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Libretto 100-On/Off LED stays on. > > I replaced the original Win95 OS with Win98 (98Lite) and converted to > FAT32. All Toshiba utility and driver files were loaded. Everythi

Re: Repair my Lib50

2000-08-16 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 06:46:07 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Repair my Lib50 > > As it happens, that one was off an english keyboard...I have on uk and one > us keyboard on working machines and (I'll probably get sacked for this

Re: Infrared PORT (IrDA)

2000-07-20 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 18:43:49 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Infrared PORT (IrDA) > > >On a related note, anyone able to report success using the > > IrDA under FreeBSD or Linux? > > > > If so, can you indicate which version

Re: Infrared PORT (IrDA)

2000-07-20 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:21:52 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Infrared PORT (IrDA) > From: "Smith, Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Infrared PORT (IrDA) > > Does anyone know of any programming or utilities to > uti

12GB disk choices...

2000-07-12 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 23:40:05 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: 12GB disk choices... I am preparing to order a 12GB disk expansion for my 100CT, so am looking for any recommendations or experience from others that have looked into it and/or taken the

Re: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hibernation Zone

2000-04-27 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 17:29:10 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hibernation Zone > > > > Also, you don't want to have to re-format the disk just > > because you have added more ram, so if reserves space for

Re: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hibernation Zone

2000-04-27 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 15:13:08 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hibernation Zone >Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 08:16:53 -0400 >From: "Lawrence Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hi

Re: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hibernation Zone

2000-04-26 Thread Digby Tarvin
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 07:49:34 +0100 (GMT/BST) From: Digby Tarvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 12 Gig drive: Phantom Hibernation Zone > > Where is the hibernation zone for > 12 Gig drives? > > Some say it's at the 8 Gig area around > cylinders 1015-1023. >