Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 07:29:16 -0800 (PST) From: Nick Tonkin <nick@valueclick.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Inspiron 7500 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912140727160.28877-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912140319250.33036-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Julian Elischer wrote: > Replying to myself.. > > has anyone got the 6xDVD option/ > can FreeBSD read cds from it? > And what does that translate to in speed when reading a CD? > > anyone tried the "internal modem"? > and what about the R/RW cdrom drive? > > I'm looking at outfitting myself for serious travelling/work > and dropping 6K on the machine is not impossible, but I want to know what > I'm letting myself in for. > Also does anyone have suggestions for good PC-CARD 10/100 > cards? I have failed to find a place on the website (freebsd) > that indicates which PCcard NICs are best supported. the NIC that came with it was no good under FreeBSD. I use a 3COM Etherlink III 3C589D-TP and it works fine. Note that the dingle is particular to the card, too. Nick PS Keep me posted on the modem/CD-RW issue, please ... > > Julian > > > On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > > > what else has anyone been talking about? > > > > Someone said something about USB.. > > The DELL specs say NOTHING about the USB port. > > does FreeBSD find it? > > > > One of the Sonys has a firewire and 2 USB ports! > > > > Has anyone managet to get information onthe irda port? > > I'm thinking of doing netgraph IRDA support if I can > > get a machin ewith a ir port. > > > > Also I was thinking of getting a spare disk. > > I like the idea for backups.. (maybe 2) > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > ================================ Nick Tonkin Director of Software Development ValueClick, Inc. Delivering more than 60,000,000 dynamic http requests a day To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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