From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Feb 16 05:10:50 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA16310 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 05:10:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from copland.udel.edu (copland.udel.edu [128.175.13.92]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA16304 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 05:10:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from earnoth@UDel.Edu) Received: from localhost (earnoth@localhost) by copland.udel.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA29504 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 08:10:48 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 08:10:48 -0500 (EST) From: Eric I Arnoth To: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: new laptop, pcmcia slots In-Reply-To: <199902150724.AAA35191@harmony.village.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm in the forced position at this moment to buy a new laptop, either old or low-end new. Before I do, however, I want to make certain I won't make the same mistake as I did with my current COMPAQ laptop. My current problem is that the PCCard (PCMCIA) slots are apparently proprietary in my model/make (curse Compaq to hell ;) and I have been unable to use the ethernet card (3Com 3c589D) because of either that, or plug&play issues. (On my Compaq, one cannot turn of the PnP in the BIOS.) Would everyone and anyone on the list please tell me of the laptops they are aware of, both make and model, which are PCMCIA-trouble-free? I would greatly appreciate such help, and I will be sure to consult the PAO homepage and get that list of experiences as well. Thank you kindly for your time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message