Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 13:48:42 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@bryden.apana.org.au> To: "Barry Irwin" <bvi@devco.net>, "Robert L Sowders" <rsowders@usgs.gov> Cc: "Gan Starling" <MisteraSturno@worldnet.att.net>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Can you recommend... Message-ID: <008a01c0a6b9$82a6bd60$0200a8c0@apana.org.au> References: <OFF52707AF.175856D6-ON88256A08.0013D06C@wr.usgs.gov>
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Someone was saying in this list some weeks ago that "some" PCMCIA modems are "proper"modems. I certainly have never met such a beast but as I recall the person or persons claiming to know about them was / were some kind of guru around here, so there is probably some truth in the story. . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert L Sowders" <rsowders@usgs.gov> To: "Barry Irwin" <bvi@devco.net> Cc: "Gan Starling" <MisteraSturno@worldnet.att.net>; <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>; <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 1:42 PM Subject: Re: Can you recommend... > Winmodems are not supported, better to get a system without builtin modems > are network cards. > Have a look at > http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~dkulp/fbsd/laptop.html > Also have a look at > http://www.linux-notebook.org/laptops/ > Because if you can get linux to work on it FreeBSD should not be too hard. > > > > > > Barry Irwin <bvi@devco.net> > Sent by: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > 03/04/2001 10:10 PM > > > To: Gan Starling <MisteraSturno@worldnet.att.net> > cc: questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: Can you recommend... > > On Sun 2001-03-04 (16:38), Gan Starling wrote: > > Can you recommend a short list, by MAKE & MODEL of off-the-shelf > > low-to-mid priced LAPTOP computers from any internet or > > bricks-and-mortar source? Vendors like Gateway have contracts with > > Microsoft and won't admit of anything Unix-ish. > > > > I wish to first buy a supported laptop and then install FreeBSD on it. > > > > I have the list of supported devices, but I don't trust the sales staff > > of any store...for good and sufficient reason based upon sad past > > experience. > > I have just got an HP Omnibook xe3 2116, which I'm quite happy with, the > nic > is supported in the later 4.2-Stable sources, and there is a patch > available > for the soundcard. X works fine, although took a little tweeking. Only > thing > I have not got going is the Onboard winmodem. This is apparently the same > hardware as the 2306 currently advertised on the HP site. > > Barry > > -- > ANSI Std Disclaimer > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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