From owner-freebsd-mobile Sun Dec 2 17:42:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94D3137B416 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 17:42:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fB31gBa36673; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 18:42:11 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fB31gBM62291; Sun, 2 Dec 2001 18:42:11 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Message-Id: <200112030142.fB31gBM62291@harmony.village.org> To: Noel Akins Subject: Re: thinking about refurb laptop w/fbsd Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 01 Dec 2001 23:14:37 CST." <5.0.2.1.0.20011201223721.02a6b9b0@mail.arkansas.net> References: <5.0.2.1.0.20011201223721.02a6b9b0@mail.arkansas.net> Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2001 18:42:11 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <5.0.2.1.0.20011201223721.02a6b9b0@mail.arkansas.net> Noel Akins writes: : I want to get a refurb laptop and put fbsd on it. I would like to know if : one of these would be better than the other for that purpose. : : toshiba 490XCDT PII266/64MB/4GB/20X/56K/13.3" TFT/s3 virge mx3d/yamaha : opl3-sa3 : : or : : HP Omnibook 4100 with P266MMX processor 96 MB RAM 4 GB hard drive 14.1-inch : TFT display (1024*768*64K, 85Hz) NeoMagic NM2160 video controller, 2MB : CS4237B rev E audio chip Linksys PCMCIA 10/100 Ethernet + 56K modem combo card The first one has the ToPIC chipset in it. This is a little undersupported at the moment. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message