From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 14 08:08:44 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id IAA11101 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 14 Dec 1996 08:08:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from sumter.awod.com (awod.com [198.81.225.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id IAA11089 for ; Sat, 14 Dec 1996 08:08:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from tsunami..awod.com (chs0083.awod.com [198.81.225.192]) by sumter.awod.com (8.7.6/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA02135; Sat, 14 Dec 1996 11:08:23 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3.0.32.19961214110824.00755e24@awod.com> X-Sender: klam@awod.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 11:08:26 -0500 To: Guido van Rooij , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org From: Ken Lam Subject: Re: notebook: which one Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 01:52 PM 12/13/96 +0100, Guido van Rooij wrote: >I am looking for a notebook that is well supported under FreeBSD. >It should have 16 mb and a decent screen and have either a 0.5 or 1.0 >gigabyte fixed disk. I am particularly interested in which brand is the best >to choose. I have always been a 7xx series Thinkpad owner, but last week. I ordered a Fujitsu Lifebook 520T and have been really happy with it. I wish it had a trackpoint like the TPs instead of the finger pad, but I use a PS/2 mouse for windoweze operation. It has a built in 28.8 modem which leaves both pc card slots free. I've got a 11.8 inch active screen which is GREAT, haven't setup X for 8x600 yet, I need to get the latest XF (since I installed 2.1.5). Has a 6x IDE CD and a 810MB HD (replacable, but not easily removable). External Floppy (which I believe is swappable with the internal CDROM). And of course it is a P5-120 with 256 ext cache (so it is fast). I have the 3c589c PC card for ether and it works nicely. Good solid case, nice design, good keyboard. Stereo speakers for the ESS sound. Much better $ deal than from Toshiba or IBM. I got a P120/16MB/810MB/11.8"TFT/3c589C for under $2900 US which beat all comparable models by several hundred at the least. FUJI makes much of the laptop components for other laptops and unlike the other guys, these are in-stock ready to ship (the TP760 and the Toshiba I was looking at were both about $1200 more and probably 2 weeks wait!). Q: Does anyone know of a high-perf SCSI pc-card? I'd like to hang one of my JAZZ drives off this and seems that the supported PC scsi cards are AIC driver supported (YUK!) -Ken --- Ken Lam lam@awod.com Integrated Technical Systems Systems, Networks, and Internet Solutions -- Defining Technology Today "'Plug and Play' was only applicable to the original ATARI(tm)"