<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/2565/help-with-toshiba-libretto-70/ Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:04:08 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72612/#p72612 akira^8GB says:

Yeah! Mine still lasts for some time so I am keeping it but before I had an OPL-3 Thinkpad with a dead battery and I just tossed that piece o shit to the dump and it was awesome light big_smile

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:04:08 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72612/#p72612 <![CDATA[Re: help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72600/#p72600 PULSELOOPER says:
akira^8GB wrote:

Replacing that outdated hard drive with a compactflash/ide adapter makes it lighter, NOISELESS and consume less battery. You should big_smile

It's even lighter when you toss off the dead battery - my case hmm

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:42:51 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72600/#p72600 <![CDATA[Re: help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72598/#p72598 akira^8GB says:

Replacing that outdated hard drive with a compactflash/ide adapter makes it lighter, NOISELESS and consume less battery. You should big_smile

PS: BIOS IS a firmware tongue

In electronic systems and computing, firmware is a term often used to denote the fixed, usually rather small, programs and/or data structures that internally control various electronic devices.

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:06:58 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72598/#p72598 <![CDATA[Re: help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72553/#p72553 PULSELOOPER says:
Val wrote:

Did PulseLooper got his issues solved?

yup. HDD ide/usb adapter. Removing the Libretto HDD is as easy as popping out a floppy disk.

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:59:24 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72553/#p72553 <![CDATA[Re: help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72551/#p72551 Val says:
akira^8GB wrote:

I don't think the 50CT or 70CT have the USB interface, but they probably have the MIDI. Do you have any documents to hack it?
Also: I managed to boot my 50CT. I needed to upgrade  the firmware to the latest version. I suggest anyone with a Libretto doing the same.

Now my 50CT is running happy dualbooting Win98 and DOS, and my PCMCIA transfer kits work great. I only boot Windows when I need to transfer files.

Did you mean the BIOS, upgrade BIOS right?, cause  I was about to suggest the same.

Did PulseLooper got his issues solved?

]]> Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:33:32 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72551/#p72551 <![CDATA[Re: help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72180/#p72180 boomlinde says:
akira^8GB wrote:

Thanks for that, convenient! But would it run in my setup? I only have 16MB of RAM.

I see! It would definitely be possible, but I think you be pulling more hair than by dismantling the computer every time sad

]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:49:13 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72180/#p72180 <![CDATA[Re: help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72147/#p72147 akira^8GB says:

Thanks for that, convenient! But would it run in my setup? I only have 16MB of RAM.

]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:59:46 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72147/#p72147 <![CDATA[Re: help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72138/#p72138 boomlinde says:
akira^8GB wrote:

Linux would be quite a nightmare for a CF-IDE based setup because of the swapfile.

Not necessarily. DSL, for example, runs entirely from a RAM drive, so no disk writes are required. If you think about it, you'll realize that no live CD implementations will realistically use any disk space for swapping, and the only hard filesystem they usually assume is the CD they are booted from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Li … n_from_RAM

]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:30:24 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72138/#p72138 <![CDATA[Re: help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72136/#p72136 akira^8GB says:

I don't think the 50CT or 70CT have the USB interface, but they probably have the MIDI. Do you have any documents to hack it?
Also: I managed to boot my 50CT. I needed to upgrade  the firmware to the latest version. I suggest anyone with a Libretto doing the same.

Now my 50CT is running happy dualbooting Win98 and DOS, and my PCMCIA transfer kits work great. I only boot Windows when I need to transfer files.

Linux would be quite a nightmare for a CF-IDE based setup because of the swapfile.

]]> Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:51:30 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72136/#p72136 <![CDATA[Re: help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72078/#p72078 gilles says:

Librettos are great little machines. Using Linux in dual boot is a much safer option than trying to have good win98 or DOS drivers.
Damn small linux in text mode will do the job. I suppose it can also run in X windows if you have 32Mb of ram (my libretto is a 64mb ct100).
My transfer method was to use linux and a pcmcia/usb card (libretto has an internal usb... but no plug... only on the largest dock (libretto also have an internal midi port but no way to use it...)).

]]> Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:02:14 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/72078/#p72078 <![CDATA[Re: help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/68305/#p68305 akira^8GB says:

I HAVE a USB/IDE adapter. You know what? Every time I connect the conmpactflash to another machine using this, IT DOESN'T WANT TO BOOT ON THE LIBRETTO, throwing a Disk I/O error or "invalid system disk". Unless I mount it in a virtual machine.

Can ANYBODY tell me why this shit happens? I would like to install win98 to forget about this, extracting the CF card from it means to dismantle the whole fucking computer each time and putting it back together (Hard drives are so 1993).

]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 22:36:23 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/68305/#p68305 <![CDATA[Re: help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/68300/#p68300 Analog says:

USB/IDE FTW

]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 21:44:55 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/68300/#p68300 <![CDATA[Re: help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/68296/#p68296 PULSELOOPER says:
akira^8GB wrote:

Pulselooper: Yep, it is MUCH EASIER to install an Amiga system than a PC DOS system tongue

Damn right!

As I told you, my Libretto70 HDD get a long with my mac via IDE/USB adapter. I just take off the damn thing, throw/take some files and put it back.

I think FreeDOS has some drivers for pcmcia cards, doesn't it? You could use a SD card pcmcia adapter. Running win98 on this thing will drive you crazy, the thing is too damn slow.

]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 21:20:55 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/68296/#p68296 <![CDATA[Re: help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/68292/#p68292 akira^8GB says:

I am having millions of problems with my Libretto.
I can, as of now, only run DOS 6.22 in it or FreeDOS. Trying to install Windows renders teh hard drive non functional FOR NO APARENT REASON. The drive is there and it has data and I can boot it from a virtual machine but the libretto says " DISK I/O ERROR"  or some such shit.

I also found out that after putting the drive in my otehr PC, whenever I modify the boot partition, it will not be bootable anymore on the Toshiba. Unless I use a VM running off the very drive.

It's driving me nuts. I want Win98 to be able to use my SD card reader, I can get it to boot and all in teh vrtual machien FROM the drive, but the Libretto refuses to recognize it as a boot device.

Analog, halp!


Pulselooper: Yep, it is MUCH EASIER to install an Amiga system than a PC DOS system tongue

]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 20:40:08 +0000 https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/68292/#p68292 <![CDATA[Re: help with Toshiba Libretto 70]]> https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/41932/#p41932 Analog says:

download MOUSE.COM

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