Do either have both ethernet and serial ports? <div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 5, 2011 9:59 PM, "Chick Tower" <<a href="mailto:c.e.tower@gmail.com">c.e.tower@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Well, if I can't give away desktop PCs, how about laptop PCs? I know, I > know, if they're too old for me, who else in GLLUG would be interested > in them? I'm tickled to have laptops with 128MB of RAM and PIII CPUs. > But here goes, anyway. > > They both have 233MHz Pentium MMX CPUs, 64MB of RAM, CD-ROM drives, > PCMCIA slots, and power cords. Neither have carrying cases, floppy > drives, or WiFi. > > The Dell CP has a 20GB hard drive, if I recall correctly. The screen > has a bright line across it near the bottom, but it's really just a > minor nuisance. I think the battery works, but I don't recall ever > using it without it being plugged in. I think it has Fluxbuntu 7.10, > Slackware 12.0, and Damn Small Linux installed on it. I know from > personal experience that Xubuntu from 2006/07 will not run well on it. > > The Winbook XL has a 2GB hard drive. The battery does not work. It has > Tiny Me installed on it, which was a pared-down version of PC Linux OS > that might be no longer under development. But, it does run on that > little hard drive with over half a gigabyte free, even with its swap > partition. > > I doubt anyone would want to use one every day, but you could turn them > into firewalls or routers with the addition of PCMCIA and USB network > adapters and the right software. Maybe they could be low-power home > automation servers, or portable interfaces for enterprise-level router > hardware. The price is right (free), but don't call me Drew Carey. If > you want one or both, or have any questions, let me know. > -- > > Chick > _______________________________________________ > linux-user mailing list > <a href="mailto:linux-user@egr.msu.edu">linux-user@egr.msu.edu</a> > <a href="http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user">http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user</a> </div>