From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Feb 16 06:37:29 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA24701 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 06:37:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.skylink.it (ns.skylink.it [194.177.113.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA24686 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 06:37:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dirkx@webweaving.org) Received: from kim.ispra.webweaving.org (va-179.skylink.it [194.177.113.179]) by ns.skylink.it (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA04589; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 15:36:39 +0100 Received: from webweaving.org (baveno.ispra.webweaving.org [10.0.0.5]) by kim.ispra.webweaving.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA04163; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 14:32:59 GMT X-Passed: MX on Ispra.WebWeaving.org Tue, 16 Feb 1999 14:32:59 GMT and masked X-No-Spam: Neither the receipients nor the senders email address(s) are to be used for Unsolicited (Commercial) Email without the explicit written consent of either party; as a per-message fee is incurred for inbound and outbound traffic to the originator. Posted-Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 14:32:59 GMT Message-ID: <36C9EF2A.61AF4459@webweaving.org> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 14:20:26 -0800 From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik Reply-To: dirkx@webweaving.org Organization: WebWeaving X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: nl,en,de,it,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eric I Arnoth CC: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new laptop, pcmcia slots References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Eric I Arnoth wrote: > 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. If you go to these PAO pages, check out the survey; it is very comprehensive and quite up to date (for us europeans that is :-). http://jaz.jp.freebsd.org/PAO/PAO/docs/LAPTOP_SURVEY/LTS.txt Obviously there is a difference between FreeBSD 3, 4 support and PAO, but the differences are getting smaller all the time. Dw To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message