Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 09:36:40 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Experience with Dell Inspiron 1150 laptop? Message-ID: <20050105230640.GX53273@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <41DC645C.2060105@ultra-secure.de> References: <WorldClient-F200501050556.AA56450340@newebmail.com> <20050105112105.GS53273@wantadilla.lemis.com> <WorldClient-F200501051324.AA24100347@newebmail.com> <41DC645C.2060105@ultra-secure.de>
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--eGyD7iWN192kf2IJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wednesday, 5 January 2005 at 23:04:12 +0100, Rainer Duffner wrote: > julesg@newebmail.com wrote: > >> A friendly FreeBSD'er in the Netherlands helped me get some perhiperals >> running; and I did learn some things for my efforts; Conexnat(?), the >> modem people, are beginning to be quite responsive to the Linux the >> FreeBSD communities, and I expect they will begin to offer Linux drivers >> for their modems -- but right now, the 1150 Winmodem (which I require) >> only works with M$ OS's. I purchased this, believing that I could make >> things work with FreeBSD -- but not so. I was replacing an old Tecra and >> everything worked fine, with both Linux and BSD -- not so the 1150. >> >> I made a serious mistake -- I should have come here first and asked "What >> works best with FreeBSD" and now I pay for that mistake, because when I >> boot up I have to look at a windoz desktop. >> >> So Greg, DON'T YOU MAKE THAT ERROR -- find something else to buy! > > Does it have a serial port ? Then, one could use a serial modem. No, but it has a PCMCIA slot, which you could use for a PCMCIA modem.=20 Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --eGyD7iWN192kf2IJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB3HMAIubykFB6QiMRArLAAJ0Y2jKVL4oDbh9Sl+j3C5SKlVR++QCgi3Bd EzCqkCzmaayoYZtlmG2ZCZ0= =JHPw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --eGyD7iWN192kf2IJ--
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