Date: Thu, 28 Sep 95 20:08:41 EDT From: jleppek@suw2k.ess.harris.com (James Leppek) To: freebsd-questions@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Laptop Recomended for Freebsd Message-ID: <9509290008.AA04582@borg.ess.harris.com>
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I can put in a yea vote for the NEC versa/P as well. the sound is the ESS688 but it is register compatible with SBPRO, even for games :-) the 800x600 display is very nice and supported by xfree and with 16Meg it is a very nice portable workstation. The only downside I found was that trackball, I did not like its position but if you plug in an external it works fine. and the prices have dropped over the summer :-) Jim Leppek > From owner-freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Thu Sep 28 19:04:58 1995 > Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 16:00:17 -0700 (PDT) > From: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net> > To: Nate Williams <nate@rocky.sri.MT.net> > Cc: Derek Laufenberg x7-4534 <laufen@sol.med.ge.com>, > freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Laptop Recomended for Freebsd > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type> : > TEXT/PLAIN> ; > charset=US-ASCII> > Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org > > > > On Thu, 28 Sep 1995, Nate Williams wrote: > > > I *highly* recommend the NEC Versa/P, or any of the NEC's which have the > > high-res 800x600 screen. The extra pixels are a lifesaver, and after > > using the NEC I'm having a hard-time using the ThinkPad. :( > > I concur. I have one as well, and just am ordering a NEC 4000, which I > hope works as well. > > > > > Another plus of the NEC is it has a built-in SoundBlaster compatible > > sound-card which is supported by FreeBSD. > > I think this is true only on the P. THe M models have something that is > kind of close, but not really. > > > > > For ethernet cards the 3COM 3C589B is the easiest card to get working, > > and it works quite well. I don't have any experience with any other > > card, so others can chime in. >
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