Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 22:23:46 -0400 From: John Sellens <jsellens@uunet.ca> To: jdp@polstra.com, mike@smith.net.au Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: High-resolution displays Message-ID: <199709090223.WAA02606@pollux.uunet.ca>
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| To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> | cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG | Subject: Re: High-resolution displays | Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 03:44:58 -0400 | From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> | | > I want to set up a laptop running FreeBSD to use when I'm working out | > of town. My main use for it will probably be to connect to my office | > network using PPP and access my e-mail. I want to run X11 on it, and | > I'd like to have 1024x768 or better resolution (ideally), or at least | > 800x600. I need it to have an ethernet interface too, for when I'm | > at home. I don't care about CD-ROM drives or any sort of multimedia. | | I would be inclined to suggest that you should look at the high-end | Toshiba systems, based on my recent experiences. I'll echo Mike's Toshiba suggestion. I'm very happy with my Toshiba Tecra 740CDT (1024x768, 3GB, 32MB, CD, floppy), and XFree86 works great (after I tweaked the timings to be a bit faster). Two minor problems -- my 3Com 3C589D sometimes fails to resume after a suspend, and the current sound drivers don't suspend and resume well, so I can't play CDs after a suspend/resume. As I said, minor problems. (It is a little heavier than average, but I don't find that a big problem.) Of course, I didn't have to pay for it :-) John jsellens@uunet.ca
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