From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Dec 14 9: 9:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mass.cdrom.com (castles505.castles.com [208.214.165.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7003114C96 for ; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:09:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Received: from mass.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA03003; Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:12:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199912141712.JAA03003@mass.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Julian Elischer Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Inspiron 7500 In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 14 Dec 1999 03:04:50 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 09:12:11 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > 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? Yeah; the box has a mobile PIIX4, so USB 'just works'. > One of the Sonys has a firewire and 2 USB ports! Firewire's not very useful, given the patent information. > 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. The IrDA port is just your average UART (SMsC super-IO chip). > Also I was thinking of getting a spare disk. > I like the idea for backups.. (maybe 2) Sure. You can get one that plugs into a battery bay. -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message