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Subject: Re: [M]: Fujitsu Laptop with LX200
From: Alejandro Popov
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Mon Sep 08 00:08:19 1997

OHASHI Yoji wrote:
>
> On Tue, 02 Sep 1997 22:24:38 -0400
> Alejandro Popov <sandric@telcel.net.ve> wrote:
>
> Alejandro> Has anyone had any experience using a Fujitsu 420D Lifebook laptop
> Alejandro> to run their LX200 and/or any Pictor CCDs, and if so how did
> Alejandro> you get the RS232 serial com port working on that laptop?
>
> I have a Fujitsu laptop and Pictor416. (Unfortunately I don't have LX200.)
> I used Pictor416 via RS232. (Now I use it via SCSI.)
> Because the RS232C performance is same other laptops, it will work with
> LX200.
> You should check BIOS settings and IRQ conflicts. COM1 must be enable. If
> IRQ conflicts, you should make Infrared port (or sound device) disable.
>


I have followed your instructions and advice but unfortunately to no
avail, this Fujitsu laptop just will not communicate. It will not work
neither with the telescope nor the CCD. The RS232 com port just does not
seem to communicate with anything. I have had it now for a few months
and nothing seems to work (as far as the serial com port is concerned),
and the problem of sending it from Venezuela to the US will probably
cause more problems then solutions, (probably get lost in the mail or
something).

Might you have any other suggestions, I would really appreciate them,
before taking the final decision of getting rid of it and buying a
different laptop.



> Fujitsu "Lifebook" isn't sold in Japan. In Japan it is called "Biblo".
> And keyboard is different. But I think RS232C is same.

It probably is. Aside of the serial com problem it's a beautiful little
machine!
>
> Ohashi Yoji <oohashi@flab.fujitsu.co.jp>

Thanking you in advance for your kind suggestions,

Alejandro Popov
Puerto La Cruz
Venezuela
sandric@telcel.net.ve