[SunRescue] A new laptop for Reagen...

[Ken Hansen]

Latest XFree86 supports these chips quite well - the great bits in this kit
are:

    80 Meg RAM (64 Meg upgrade to a base laptop are $150)
    SCSI cable (If you can find it, approaching $50 - ends in an HD50
high-density connector)
    Win95 License/media - you won't spend days trying to get OS installed
    10.4" TFT display 800x600 (they are *nice*)
    Built-in pointer - a paw mouse that pops out the side, then tucks back
in

Downside:

    Small HD (1.3 Gig is a good start, but for $155 or so for a 10 Gig drive
at dirtcheapdrives)
    Not P/166 model - the upgraded model has P/166 MMX, 512K cache, and 2
Meg video.
    No PS/2 mouse port on laptop - but built-in mouse compensates in most
cases

    Not sure if P/133 model has cardbus or not PCMCIA slots

HTH,

Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hebel" <drone8of9 at crosswinds.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 9:58 AM
Subject: RE: [SunRescue] A new laptop for Reagen...


> >>Here is a vendor with the HP 800ct w/P133 CPU, 80 Meg RAM and includes
> SCSI
> >>cable/CD-ROM drive. It is purported to be refurbished, and it may be - I
> >>don't know...
> >>
> >>The link: http://www.softwareandstuff.com/h_nb_hp800ct.html
>
> Not too bad, it even comes with a Win95 license if you need one of those.
> The weight and the license make me more susceptible to buying it for the
> cost they want.
>
> I'd personally be worried that the NeoMagic video would be X compatible
> though if I were using it.  Although since IIRC Reagen wants Windows this
> should work fine for him.
>
> Mike Hebel
>
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