[Gllug] new member....

[Tom Hannen]

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





On 8/3/05, Christopher Hunter <chrisehunter at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 Aug 2005 22:07, you wrote:
> > On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Christopher Hunter stipulated:
> > > The American FCC have some really bizarre rules since they passed a Law
> > > preventing the export of "encryption devices".  It's probably true!
> >
> > The FCC have nothing to do with munitions export regulations.
> 
> The FCC has responsibility for everything to do with "communications", and
> "cryptographic devices" fall under that category.
> 
> An American company I dealt with fell foul of the FCC when trying to ship
> software which included rudimentary security facilities (and didn't work
> under Windows).
> 
> It appears that any software that doesn't work in the Windows world is
> considered to be encrypted - Apple fell foul of the FCC under these spurious
> rules a few years ago.  Open Source software is considered as even more
> suspect - the fact that the source code is often included and easily legible
> seems to make no difference.
> 
> Chris
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