Re: I'm New

["Glenn Sneddon" <glenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Tofler Family" <distof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: I'm New


> Thanks for the help everyone but I'm still having trouble. From what I've
> worked I probably have flash cards which means (shudder) transfering files
> through laplink.
>
> I am having problems with this these are the steps I've taken.
>
> 1. Downloaded laplink onto my computer.

Was this the laplink from the Sharp PC3100?  The laplink inside the Sharp
will only work with a copy of itself.  From my experience, you cannot use a
generic copy of laplink with the Sharp laplink.   The only way I have been
able to
laplink to the Sharp is to get the Sharp to remotely install laplink on the
other computer.  There are instructions for this in the manual.   The other
thing is that it will only remotely install in an older computer running DOS
5 or thereabouts.
To install it remotely, you connect up the two computers with the cable,
next you issue the command "tty com1" on the remote computer and then issue
the install laplink command on the Sharp.

> 2. Connected computers with cable to COM1 port of my computer.
> 3. Ran Laplink on the PC 3100
> 4.Ran Laplink on my computer.
>
> Nothing happens.
>
> Would the fact that my computer runs XP make anything different.

Yes it could be, I cannot run the Sharp laplink successfully on Win98, so XP
might be the same.
To transfer files to and from my Sharp, I ended up installing good old
"Telix" on the Sharp and then use Windows Hyperterm to Z modem files.
The other thing I did was to install an FTP server on the Sharp from NCSA
using a SLIP link on the serial port.  Then you can FTP to and from it.


Hope you get it going!

Glenn.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <utcke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Tofler Family" <distof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;
> <sharp-pc3k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 7:20 AM
> Subject: Re: I'm New
>
>
> > > I was given a PC-3100 as my 12th birthday present. The person who
> > > gave it to me hadn't used it in years and didn't seem to know much
> > > about it.
> >
> > Oh dear.  Well, it might be easiest if you could dig out someone in
> > your family who still remembers the old days of DOS --- or maybe get
> > an old book out of your local library, or from a garage sale...
> >
> > > I have no manual.
> >
> > Parts of a German manual and a complete dutch manual (from memory, or
> > was it something else?) are available from my website --- probably not
> > much help to you though :-)
> >
> > http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~utcke/Laptop/sharp-pc3100.html
> >
> > > I do have a laplink cord
> >
> > Good!
> >
> > > and 2 PCMCIA type 1 (I think) cards.
> >
> > If they are about 3mm thick they are type I, otherwise they are type
> > II (which can be inserted, but are hard to extract, and might possibly
> > damage your Sharp, although so far they haven't damaged mine).
> >
> > > According to the previous owner they game with the laptop. They are
> > > completly unmarked.
> >
> > Not even a manufacturers name, or any other label?  Your best bet
> > would be to get someone with a Linux-Laptop and have him insert the
> > cards.  The computer will then tell you (in the /var/log/messages or
> > /var/log/syslog file) what the cards are...
> >
> > > When I try to format them by typing 'format a:"(or format b:) I get
> > > an error message saying 'Drive Not ready" What is happening?
> >
> > Well, tis should work _if_ the cards are sram-cards and you didn't
> > write-protect them.  If they are sram than they probably do have a
> > battery of their own (some, few, cards came with a rechargable
> > battery).  Check the battery, if they got one, and perhaps replace it.
> >
> > If they don't have a batery, they _might_ be flash --- have a look at
> > my site.  In that case you will need special drivers and special
> > programms sdisk and sformat.
> >
> > Or they might be something completely else...
> >
> > > I can't acccess the FTPftp://hawk.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/pub/sharp-pc3k/
> >
> > Hmm, ftp://hawk.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/pub/sharp-pc3k/ works fine for me...
> >
> > > I should be able to get laplink working
> >
> > You'll probably need
> > ftp://hawk.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/pub/sharp-pc3k/laplink.zip, at least to
> > communicate with any PC manufactured during the last 5 years or so...
> >
> > Hope this helps some
> >
> > Sven
> > --
> >       IBM Thinkpad 701C, 80486 DX4/75, 40MB RAM, 3.2GB HDD, Linux 2.0.36
>
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