Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 19:20:30 -0500 (EST) From: John Brann <jbrann@panix.com> To: d_burr@ix.netcom.com (Donald Burr) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Buying a laptop for FreeBSD - advice sought Message-ID: <199603270020.TAA02099@jbrann.dialup.access.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960323050825.197A-100000@starfleet.gov> from Donald Burr at "Mar 26, 96 02:57:39 am"
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Donald Burr wrote... [...] > > The notebook I am considering is the CTX EZ350D. Through some contacts I > am able to get this unit at a very good price. Obviously, I'd prefer to > spend less money, that way I have money left over for other toys... er, > necessities, like PCMCIA cards, Zip disks, etc. But if this unit will > not work with FreeBSD, I'm willing to consider an alternate. > [...] Looking at your spec. for this machine, it's very similar to a Sharp notebook I had a while ago. I know these things are often made by one manufacturer and badged by others. That machine was a lemon. The removable disk drive would occasionaly make sickening clunking noises just before the machine crashed (in DOS). The monitor (an 800x600 DSTN) was very dim and wavered nastily. I believe it has now been withdrawn by Sharp (at least it's not advertised any more). I managed to install FreeBSD (2.1) and run console sessions, but couldn't get X going - the video chipset was not supported. I replaced it with a Toshiba 415CS - which is a vast improvement (and $1000 more expensive...) John -- Beavis and Butt-Head; Vladimir and Estragon for the '90s. finger jbrann@panix.com for pgp public key
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