[GLLUG] Free Laptops

[Richard Houser]

I think the port you described is a power connection.  Dell had some weird
power supplies, and in some cases, two different connectors.  Thanks for the
info, but I'll pass.  An ssh terminal is kinda useless without network
access :).  I think I can supply a couple cardbus wifi 802.11b if anyone
needs, though.
On Jul 5, 2011 10:42 PM, "Chick Tower" <c.e.tower at gmail.com> wrote:
> They both have serial and parallel ports. Neither seems to have
> Ethernet ports.
>
> The Winbook XL has two USB ports. The Dell CP has one USB port and an
> odd-shaped port with three little tines in a triangle in it, with a
> symbol over the port that looks like this, minus the >>:
>
> >> _____
> >> - - -
>
> Those are hyphens in the second line, not periods.
>
>
> Chick
>
> On 07/05/2011 10:03 PM, Richard Houser wrote:
>> Do either have both ethernet and serial ports?
>>
>> On Jul 5, 2011 9:59 PM, "Chick Tower" <c.e.tower at gmail.com
>> <mailto:c.e.tower at gmail.com>> 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
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