From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 16 18:33:19 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3174116A4CE for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:33:19 +0000 (GMT) Received: from snickers.hotpop.com (snickers.hotpop.com [38.113.3.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA9A343D49 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:33:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aaa777@bonbon.net) Received: from bonbon.net (kubrick.hotpop.com [38.113.3.103]) by snickers.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id B2156719AC for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 17:32:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lambda (pD9546ABA.dip.t-dialin.net [217.84.106.186]) by smtp-3.hotpop.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9086F98293 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:03:20 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <004d01c453d1$5ae27f80$de01a8c0@lambda> From: "Ludwig Schreier" To: Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:40:07 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-HotPOP: ----------------------------------------------- Sent By HotPOP.com FREE Email Get your FREE POP email at www.HotPOP.com ----------------------------------------------- Subject: i) Questions on IBM Thinkpad A22m. ii) Plus: Thinkpad R40e additional words X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:33:19 -0000 Howdy, mobile friends. i) Well, I reported about my R40e and it's still my most best computer running FreeBSD (and some Windows crap for 'be among the mass' reasons.) I'm going to buy another Thinkpad soon, but this time a second hand or at least old model because of the CPU and e.g. COM Port (which is totally ignored by most new Thinpad's). I can't see any need of new Technology, when geeking the terminal and having fun with it. I found someone selling a Thinkpad A22m and now the question is: Do you have any experience with it running FreeBSD Unix? This questions also includes questions about: - If the onboard ethernet will be supported. (I will ask the seller for it's chipset ... or at least more details on this) - If this (to me) mysthic "SpeedStep" CPU (actually it's a PIII with 1 GHz) is fully supported. (I will checkout the hardware faq later this day) - Everything fine with it? - Did you made and experience with it, using it, running FreeBSD? WHY THIS? Because I'm looking forward to safe time and buy it quickly the next few days. A research on the notebook would give me many answers / information I guess, but a 'word' is quiet more worth to me. ii) Some addition to the R40e: It's CPU, Intel Celeron with approx. 2000 GHz is _not_ the fastest computer I had. Could be a bus system and / or IDE harddrive reason too, but suddenly it's not for speed freaks. (I'm none) I believe that there is at least a second Thinkpad model that is suitable (compatible) to FreeBSD as the R40e is, but not Celeron nor Centrino CPU powered. So far... thanks in advance, Ludwig Schreier