[geeks] portability problem

[Ken Hansen]

Run over to www.supersellers.net and look at thier laptop display. THey have *exactly* two models available, the more expensive one is a P/166 (maybe mmx) laptop with 800x600 screen and full keyboard with CD-ROM and some HD/mem for under $150. It will be scratched up, but for your purposes it should be fine...

I got a previous model from them that was a bit slower (P/133) but the laptop runs fine - it is my dedicated Citrix laptop for remote work (802.11b to DSL at home, 10baseT in the office) and has not failed me yet.

A nice setup will run you *about* the same as 256 Meg (2x 128 Meg) Smartmedia cards...

HTH,

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: ward at zilla.nu [mailto:ward at zilla.nu]
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 10:29 PM
To: geeks at sunhelp.org
Subject: [geeks] portability problem


In October, the wife and I are taking a rather lengthy roadtrip during
which we hope to take hundreds of photos.  We'll be using a digital
camera for snapshots and a nice SLR for everything else.

As we'll be camping most of the way and won't have security or power,
I'd like to avoid carrying my thinkpad A20.  It's light and fun, but I
don't want to risk losing it.  Not to mention the $99 car charger cost.

Yes, I could get it covered by my homeowner's insurance, but I would
rather not risk losing it at all.

Anyway, I'm considering just buying a ton of smartmedia and not dumping
anything to a computer until we return.  However, we'd like to see some
of the shots on something other than the LCD before we drive off, just
to see if we need better lighting, etc.

I think some cheap and very light PC would do me well, and just consider 
it a potentially lost item.  Does anyone still make 486-based Librettos
or PC104 machines?  Even 8bit display would be better than nothing, and
I'd rather not risk even the cost of a cheap color PDA or something.
I'm talking $150 and less.

Any ideas?

Reagen
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