[Gllug] new member....

[Tom Hannen]

Simon - I really don't need a fancy GUI, and I'd like to only use it
for checking email and web-browsing... It cost a grand total of £7.50
on ebay, so I"m not expecting miracles!  It would just be handy to
have around as an extra screen & keyboard with net access...

When is the next meeting?


On 8/3/05, Ian Norton <inorton at iee.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 03:11:12PM +0100, Tom Hannen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've recently got hold of an extremely old laptop, with a view to
> > learning about Linux. (only used OS X and windows before).
> >
> > I was wondering if I could lug it along to the next meeting?  Been
> > having some trouble getting the PCMCIA ethernet NIC to work...
> >
> > Tried a couple of mini-distros designed for older machines - Delilinux
> > and Blueflops...  Both look promising, but are having trouble
> > detecting the NIC, which is a shame as I really need it in order to
> > install stuff (no CDROM drive in the laptop).  I realise it is
> > ancient, but was just hoping to run Links on it for web browsing...
> >
> > The details:
> >
> > Compaq Contura 410C 486DX2 50MHz
> > 20MB RAM
> > 400MB HDD
> > 1.44MB FDD
> > Two Type II PCMCIA slots currently hosting a:
> > Sitecom Fast Ethernet PCMCIA 10/100MBps NIC
> 
> Hi Tom,
> 
> You might want to try one of the older debian installations on that
> machine, maybe potato,
> 
> Ian
> 
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