Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 09:37:32 -0400
From: Tony Oresteen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mouse on Libby 100CT - Bluetooth
I sent this out last night but it hasn't shown up so here it goes again:
I finally found a solution to using a mouse on Libretto 100CT (233MHz, 64MB
ram). OS is Win98 SE
The pointing device on the screen is one I can not stand. So I have been
carting around a port replicator just to plug in a PS/2 mouse. I have
considered wiring in the PS/2 port as others had done but decided to pursue
other options first.
I first tried a USB PCMCIA card and a USB mouse. Did not work; the USB card
did not provide enough power. To get the USB mouse to work I had to plug in
a PS/2 power cord to power the USB card. To get a PS/2 port I had to use the
port replicator so why bother with the USB mouse?
Next I tried a serial card and serial mouse. The CF serial card (Socket) in a
PCMCIA adapter didn't work. Socket said that their serial cards would not work
with serial mice. I guess I could have looked for another PCMCIA serial card
but why buy a card that I already had?
Third try is the charm! I bought a Belkin CF/PCMCIA Bluetooth adapter and the
Iogear mini Bluetooth mouse. It works with Windows 98 SE!! Now I
don't need to carry the small port replicator anymore! Yeh!!
The Belkin software was difficult to get loaded under Win98. The CD does NOT
autorun. You have to open the CD and navigate to the PC folder and manually
start setup.exe. It requires a 200MHz Pentium so if you have a 166mhz 100CT,
now is the time to over-clock it. It runs in 64MB of ram (prefers 128 but hey,
the Libby 100 is limited to 64).
Now I have Bluetooth on my Libby! When I was looking for a PCMCIA Bluetooth
card I noticed that some would run only on Win2K or XP. The Belkin card works
with Win98SE. I prefer CF cards in PCMCIA adapters as they are usually LOW
POWER devices as many PDAs use CF cards and power is an issue.
Tony Oresteen
KG4SPA Montverde, FL
