[geeks] Wish lists

[Martin Wedel]

I use my Libretto 70ct as a mobile mp3 player/browser in my truck. I
mounted a enhanced port replicator to the center console in my 98 jimmy, therefore I
can just pop it in and go. I use a orninco card in the base so that when i
pull into the garage I can go inside and transfer files to it via samba.
Next is a subscription to ricochet so that I can faster do mapquest.com
searches for addresses, i currently use my NP1000 PCS phone for dialups on
the road. Kind of my poor-mans mobile multimedia. I input sound to my
stereo via a cassette adapter, got to love 10Gb of mp3s at your
fingertips. I run SuSE linux as the OS.
I'll put a few pics on my site this week.

--
Martin Wedel
sun at minor-element.net
http://www.minor-element.net/

On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:

> Married women don't carry their own baggage...
>
> You mean Mr. Bill makes you drag your 11 pound laptop around? <ducks>
>
> As for the Libretto, I *still* get comments when folks see me using it at lunch - "Is that a real computer?" "I've never seen anything like that...", "Where can I get one?", and, of course, the kicker - "Why did they stop making them?"
>
> I only know three people that own Librettos, and one was a casual conversation on the Metroliner going into Washington DC. He used a PCMCIA extender to allow him to use a type III PCMCIA hard drive with his L50 - that was how he transfered data from his Libretto to his desktop machine...
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amy [mailto:nospam at frenzy.com]
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 12:01 PM
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [geeks] Wish lists
>
>
>
>
> Ken Hansen wrote:
>
> > I (like you, IIRC) was quite fond of the Librettos (I have an L50 and an L110), > but the burgeoning Carpal Tunnel Syndrome pain i my right wrist was caused, I > think, by the pointer in the L110...
>
> yup. although my libretto was sold about 8 months ago (to some guy on
> aol...ebay auction, was badly strapped for cash) i still miss its
> usefulness and ability to be stuffed in my jeans pocket. in my opinion,
> the librettos are still some of the most functionally cool toys out
> there. i've gone through carpal-tunnel before (switched desks, 1/2" of
> height difference gave it to me for a year) and it just plain sucks :/.
>
> > The Thnikpads are nice, some are *real nice*, but too expensive when *my* money
> > is involved...
>
> i hear that. fortunately, we traded an extra 21" sun trin for it. it's a
> nice little p2/300 stuffed with ram and speedier than my desk machine
> (held together by duct tape, voodoo, and bailing wire). :) the biggest
> problem i've encountered with it it the weight factor. it's an 11 pound
> monster and isnt fun to cart all over the place.
>
> --a
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