Friday I'm In Love

[howeird]

Well, not really. I'm not looking. But I'm not hiding either.

Quiet day at work. The repair project I thought would take the late afternoon didn't materialize, but I did get to play with a couple of the toys in a more leisurely manner. One of the monitors seems to be stuck on PAL, and I needed to flip to NTSC for a reality check. Monday I'll ask He Who Knows. Or maybe She Who Knows.

My contract rep took us to lunch at Tied House, which was nice of her. I sat opposite someone I did not recognize until I handed the rep one of the Jekyll & Hyde postcards, and the man opposite me said he had been in the chorus of Anything Goes in Menlo Park back in the 80's. I was one of the leads. So was bigcatroary. He also ran tech for some of the shows they did when I was on their board of directors. I didn't catch his name. Wouldn't have remembered anyway.

On my way back I stopped in at home to send a fax, but the Windows fax program did not recognize my modem. I haven't used it since replacing the motherboard. Re-installed the drivers, but still nothing, and I needed to get back to work.

After work I picked up a $7 modem at Fry's which has WHQL drivers (the elderly Zoom modem in the PC did not, and the replacement was $50!). Also picked up a $50 D-Link USB wireless adapter to replace the Linksys one on the Tivo which seemed to be crapping out. Got home, discovered the D-Link was not supported - I'd gotten a USB 2.0 version and Tivo only has the ancient and slow 1.something. So I rebooted, plugged the Linksys into a different port, ran the setup routine again and it's working. But just in case I'll order the right one from Tivo online. I'll keep the one I bought - first of all there's a rebate and second of all I have a friend who may be needing one. The modem worked fine. But I'd already sent the fax from work, so moot point. Stockbroker stuff, I'd rather have sent it from home but no huge problem with a 2-page local call.

Went to Piazza's for fruit & ice cream & salad makings. I was hoping to pick up something for Sunday's tech day potluck, but I think I'll hit Safeway on my way there and get a deli plate of some kind, or wings. Or maybe I'll be cruel and bring this 32-oz jar of peanuts which has been sitting on my counter for a month, since several cast & crew said they were allergic.

Call tomorrow is not till 1 pm. I may go to get my nails re-done. For some reason they grew out fast this week, and I want them to re-do them in gel instead of gel-topped acrylic. Or not.
 

Comments

[zonereyrie.livejournal.com]

Actually, all TiVo's have USB2.0 *except* the very early Series1 boxes with model numbers that start with '1' - 110/130/140. But TiVo has a very limited set of drivers. It is best to use the TiVo-branded adapter - it is sure to work, and it is MUCH faster at transfers than other adapters since it offloads the processing from the TiVo CPU. Also, the TiVo adapter can do WPA security, not just WEP like the others - again, because it has an on-board processor to handle it. You can get them cheaper from other online vendors than if you order from TiVo.com though. Amazon has them for $45, (http://astore.amazon.com/tiv-20/detail/B000ER5G6C/103-8558856-3292638) TiVo.com wants $60. (I run tivolovers)

[howeird]

Thanks. The adapter I bought is on Tivo's list of approved adapters for my series 2, D-Link DWL-122, but the Tivo still did not see it. So I ordered the Tivo adapter from them online. Never thought to look on Amazon, but will keep that in mind if I ever need other accessories.

[zonereyrie.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I see it on the list, odd that it didn't work - maybe they've made a revision. It is 802.11b, one of the benefits of the TiVo adapter is it is 802.11g, if your home network supports it.

I see I typo'd last night/this morning (I was working all night, I got a little fuzzy) - I said 'early Series1 boxes' - I meant 'early Series2 boxes' - the Series1 didn't have USB. It was just the first revision of Series2, sold in early 2002, that had USB1.1. The second revision of the box was updated to USB2.0 and that's been standard since.

[howeird]

Not sure how old my Tivo is, I got it when they were giving tham away with a year's renewal. Looking closer at the adapter I see it's a G122, version B1, which has two thumbs down on the list.

There are linux drivers for all the D-link adapters, one wonders why Tivo chose not to install them.

[zonereyrie.livejournal.com]

It isn't as simple as using the Linux drivers. While TiVo uses a Linux kernel, it is customized and stripped down. Also, all of the hardware in the TiVo is non-standard - integrated Broadcom MIPS-core processor with integrated USB, etc. The standard PC-based Linux drivers don't work on the TiVo, the drivers need to be ported specifically to run on the TiVo OS and hardware.