From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 8 09:59:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F65437B404 for ; Thu, 8 May 2003 09:59:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ece.cmu.edu (ECE.CMU.EDU [128.2.136.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7373143F3F for ; Thu, 8 May 2003 09:59:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from allbery@ece.cmu.edu) Received: from rushlight (allbery@allbery.dsl.telerama.com [205.201.8.182]) (authenticated) by ece.cmu.edu (8.11.0/8.10.2) with ESMTP id h48Gws324342; Thu, 8 May 2003 12:58:54 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brandon S. Allbery " KF8NH To: Kevin Oberman In-Reply-To: <20030508165323.E90BA5D04@ptavv.es.net> References: <20030508165323.E90BA5D04@ptavv.es.net> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1052413131.35041.2.camel@rushlight.kf8nh.apk.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 Date: 08 May 2003 12:58:52 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ideal laptop recommendations? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 16:59:04 -0000 On Thu, 2003-05-08 at 12:53, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > From: Darryl Okahata > > * The A31 does not come with a floppy. You can get an external floppy, > > but it's an USB floppy. This is not an issue for me (I can still boot > > from CDROM), but it's an issue for some. > > If you buy the port replicator, you can plug a standard floppy drive into > it. (That's how I connect my floppy to my T30.) Does IBM no longer make the UltraBay2000 floppy? We got those for our T30s; they appear as standard (non-USB) floppies, as far as I can tell. -- brandon s allbery [openafs/solaris/japh/freebsd] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [linux/heimdal/too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering KF8NH carnegie mellon university [better check the oblivious first -ke6sls]