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Title: Alphasmart problems.
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dkellis
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(Date Posted:02/11/2008 21:10 PM)

Since the main forums are being stupid and slow, I figured I should give an update on the Alphasmart problem encountered during the first write-in.

Firstly, only the Alphasmart adaptor worked; the direct PS/2 to USB adaptor thing did not, although I suspect that this could be due to the adaptor being a mouse one instead of a keyboard one.

When attached to the Alphasmart adaptor, the following was observed:

- Hooking it up to the mouse adaptor (the green one) produced nothing at all.
- Hooking it up to the keyboard adaptor (the purple one) produced consistent gibberish.

This applied to both Alphasmarts (numbers 6 and 17). Therefore, I believe that the problem lies in the cabling, specifically the Alphasmart adaptor.

This also means that sans a solution, I'm going to have to transcribe all my stuff. At least the Alphasmart display is more readable than my handwriting.

Anyone know of any deals on an equivalent? I was intrigued by the Eee PC (especially since it came with a Linux variant), but apparently the battery life for the newer models (ie those likely to be in stores) is horrible.

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sarahcoldheart
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RE:Alphasmart problems.
(Date Posted:02/11/2008 23:38 PM)

 Well you could check ebay or challenger. Or buy two batteries! Heh, I have a cable at home, I shall try to see if it works with the usb port since it works with the "mouse" port on my other older laptop.
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RE:Alphasmart problems.
(Date Posted:02/11/2008 23:42 PM)

Regarding the Eee PC:

You can still find the older models in stores now, and they're going for very cheap. Try the Harvey Norman at Funan; if I recall correctly, they were still selling the Linux model.

HP and Acer have their own versions of the Eee PC, which are more expensive and run on Windows. The HP version is about $1,200, I think; the Acer one should be slightly cheaper.

And actually, the newer models (900 and 1000 models) of the Eee PC don't have that crappy a battery life... It's advertised as something like nine hours, but I think it should last you about three to four hours depending on what you run.
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RE:Alphasmart problems.
(Date Posted:03/11/2008 07:12 AM)

 Well the good news is you probably won't have to copy out what you've written. I've checked out four other machines here with my old laptop which has a keyboard port and they transfer just fine. It's probably the usb connector and the fact that the most laptops don't have the keyboard port nowadays. The transfer should work on  a PC that has a keyboard port if the keyboard is disconnected and it might be best to use notepad as Word is so intrusive.

Anyway, I'll bring my old laptop to the next write-in and you can download what you've written so far.

I don't have a usb connector to try out these machines on the new laptop but when I get my cable back from you I'll try with them as see if they also transfer gobbledegook.

One thing for sure, this is the last year the AlphaSmarts will appear as this is way too much work for me!
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Re:Alphasmart problems.
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