[CS-FSLUG] WTB older laptop

[R. Thompson]

Good morning Ed,

    thanks for the recommendation.  Would you have any suggestions as to
where I should look for one, other than e-bay, and what they may be
worth on the used market?

    I'm back to work today, heading north to put in some overtime.

       Ron T.

On Sun, 2005-08-21 at 00:02, Ed Hurst wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Aug 2005, R. Thompson wrote:
> 
> >    What I'd like are:
> >    - 200 MHz or better
> >    - CD-ROM
> >    - 3.5" disk drive, built in or external
> >    - 600 x 800 or better display
> >    - at least one USB port
> >    - RS232 serial port
> >    - PCMCIA ports
> >    - Linux friendly
> 
> I have had nothing but good service from my Gateway Solo 2500. It's a
> 266Mhz, 160MB RAM, has CD-ROM, floppy, 2 USBs, 800x600, 2 PCMCIA ports,
> and has run both Linux and FreeBSD. After much testing, I've settled on
> RedHat 7.3 using the updates from the Fedora Legacy Project. It runs
> pretty snappy with KDE 3.0.5a, and everything that I want to use runs
> fine. I even get to use OpenOffice 1.1.4, though it's kinda slow.
-- 
Ron G. Thompson, |^|
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
www.petomai.org   ron at petomai.org
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