[CS-FSLUG] WTB older laptop

[Bob Brown]

You could purchase a USb floppy drive and a usb - rs232 adapter then
never have to worry about the problem.

It was a surprise when I grabbed a floppy disk to stick i nthe side of
my new laptop only to realize the only opening there was a pcmcia.
I couldn't even get the floppy to bend to get in there (floppy my foot) ;)

On 8/21/05, R. Thompson <ron.t at sasktel.net> wrote:
> 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
> "Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as doves to their window?" Is
> 60:8
> 
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