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A small repository of hints from Transnote owners |
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| Hi Bill and anyone else interested in getting the TransNote running with XP. There was a problem with the file to enable screen rotation under XP. The link was pointing to the older version of the file and would not install under XP. I've been checking daily to see if the file on the IBM site has been updated. I just downloaded the *correct* version of the file from this page: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4UJS2V.html Note: - there is no indication on the site that the file has changed. Note: - if when you download it, it loads very very quickly, then you are reading the file from your cache, and you will need to clear the cache to get the *real* file. The first couple of times I ran the installation routine, it failed. |
What I ended up doing was: 1. Turned off the PowerToys for XP Desktop Manager 2. Deleting two directories (that are created by the failed installation routines) C:\DRIVERS\WIN\ONSCR C:\Program Files\WinPortrait 3. Rerun the file from the website (expand the installation files again into the 2nd directory above 4. and then ran the installation routine again and it worked. At this point I think I've got all the functionality that was in the original Win2k preload, now running under XP. Really enjoying the ClearType, and have reduced the screen fonts to 80% of normal, reduced the fonts for toolbars etc. giving me a little more apparent screen real estate. If you are using the IBM Touchboard utility, and if it seems a little bit on the 'rough-hewn' side, you may prefer the MS onscreen keyboard utility. Choose File | Run and then 'osk' (no quotes). Regards to all. Jim |
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Thinkpad Transnote - Cursive to text. |
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| The IBM Transnote is such a marvelous machine. As shipped, it was capable of letting you write on the attached notepad (even without turning on the machine) or sketch. Page after page. Nobody knew you had a computer. If you were discussing a sale, or photo with a client sitting opposite you, you could just flip the screen so the client could see it. The image on the screen would also flip. You can use ViaVoice dictation with the onboard microphone. The screen is a touch screen, so you can use your finger as a curser. It could not convert cursive to text. However with MS Office XP, you can convert handwriting to text is MS Word. Also print, sketch, etc. You can use with Photoshop as a tablet. Because this is a touch screen the resolution suffers somewhat. |
In my limited use of handwriting to text, I felt that your penmanship
had to be pretty good. Printing was no problem. If you are famous and you want to autograph your photo before you print it. It would be useful. Now that digital signatures are legal, and with Adobe Acrobat, you could have the buyer sign the purchase order - Then you could email the order in to your home office. All your notes etc with the as received package can be transmitted as .pdf, jpg, etc, files via email, etc. One comment from a user in France who rushed out to get Office XP was "its only in English". Maybe there is a conversion in Office XP. I did add 256mb ram chip to have a total of 320mg ram. Birger Petterson July 2, 2001 |
| HOW ABOUT THAT RECOVERY CD..!!?? | or a short discourse on running the recovery CD to recover a new HDD. |
| Q. My PCMCIA CD won't work to recover to a new HDD in my transnote!? | A. The new HD is installed in the TN, right? Is the new HD FDISKed and FORMATted? BOOT from the floppy and do so if the answer is no. Then use this utility: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-39970.html to run the recovery from the PCMCIA CD. I know this says it's for the USB CD drive, but it works for the PCMCIA drive as well. Read: http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/MIGR-4TYPEG.html Regards, |