Tripmonkey_uk posted on Aug 7 2006 at 05:22 PM said:
Dennis1989 posted on Aug 8 2006 at 12:19 AM said:
-I know it has an USB port.. Does an external USB mouse works on it because i can't play LucasAdventures with a analog stick i hate that...
Welcomei dennis..
I think the joystick is actualy digital & not analogue. Not too sure if this will work well for that game or not, as I havn't had a chance to try it out yet.
I showed a playing video on mine, through the tv to my brother in law. He's a complete film addict & even though he despise's anything to do with Linux, he actualy commented that it was better than running through his top of the range laptop.
You don't tend to get the slowdown or stuttering that you do when watching from a hard drived computer (even a very good one).
What software is he using?? I hardly see a slow down on an 800mhz Duron with 256MB of 200mhz DDR(it is in an nforce2 mobo, but it is a cheapo WD Hard drive). On XP Pro SP2. I don't use Media Player (that I can help, DAMN Newer WMV's I have run into about 4 in the last two years. Quicktime needs to be shown the boot, but its rootkit tactics are hard to kill.
Use mplayer classic with the Klite mega codec pack, turn off every bit of superflous memory-and-resource hogging crap (HINT they live next to the date in the bottom right corner, everything there must die)
I am betting he is doing something stupid (like scaling to a ridiculous 1200x1024 pixels or something, without hardware acceleration,
STUPID), things that will slow down video play are also using all your RAM and playing the video with the pagefile swapping crap all the time.
Hmm, top of the range laptop eh? Unless using a Geforce6 series or better you don't get proper acceleration, support is pure crap from everyone but Nvidia (
HINT VIA and ATI), triple crap in a laptop. The newer ATI is getting better, but I hope he didn't pay $5,000 for the laptop.
If he despises Linux, it is a good chance he has no clue how to properly utilize resources in Windows, I succesfully used the internet on a 486 with 16mb of RAM for several months. I have run years on a 800mhz Duron (not lately, just waiting for parts to my 939 in the mail, that is why I am on the trusty Duron again).
Just some facts to be aware of, it is truth.
Back on topic, to the original poster:
Usb Mouse, I have used one, you will have to make your own or buy (shudder) the official BoB (
HIGHLY not recommended, it is $75 total because they make you purchase another official PSU for the Hub, a $25 12volt PSU for a 5volt USB hub? I am not the only one who thinks that is stupid. Plus it isn't really portable in any sense of the word, there is no case, bare board only, and even for next to my TV it is the lamest design I ever saw.)
I made my own easily, schematics on the Wiki in my Sig. They say the capacitors needn't be the exact value, but they must be the little ceramic-style ones, get some from Radio Shack.
I used it on X11, GPE (on X11) and Qtopia, I am unsure if any other programs have support yet.
PM or email the author of the program you wish to use, and read the readme.txt, they will tell you about the USB mouse support status.
