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I've used the xircom dual pccard adapters as well, and they seem to work
fine...

Nick Tonkin wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Julian Elischer wrote:
>
> > Replying to myself..
> >
> > has anyone got the 6xDVD option/
> > can FreeBSD read cds from it?
> > And what does that translate to in speed when reading a CD?
> >
> > anyone tried the "internal modem"?
>
> > and what about the R/RW cdrom drive?
> >
> > I'm looking at outfitting myself for serious travelling/work
> > and dropping 6K on the machine is not impossible, but I want to know what
> > I'm letting myself in for.
> > Also does anyone have suggestions for good PC-CARD 10/100
> > cards? I have failed to find a place on the website (freebsd)
> > that indicates which PCcard NICs are best supported.
>
> the NIC that came with it was no good under FreeBSD. I use a 3COM
> Etherlink III 3C589D-TP and it works fine. Note that the dingle is
> particular to the card, too.
>
> Nick
>
> PS Keep me posted on the modem/CD-RW issue, please ...
>
> >
> > Julian
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Julian Elischer wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > what else has anyone been talking about?
> > >
> > > Someone said something about USB..
> > > The DELL specs say NOTHING about the USB port.
> > > does FreeBSD find it?
> > >
> > > One of the Sonys has a firewire and 2 USB ports!
> > >
> > > Has anyone managet to get information onthe irda port?
> > > I'm thinking of doing netgraph IRDA support if I can
> > > get a machin ewith a ir port.
> > >
> > > Also I was thinking of getting a spare disk.
> > > I like the idea for backups.. (maybe 2)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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Cheers,
Mikel
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