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Grex > Classified > #1168: Working 486 laptop with at least 8MB RAM wanted cheap or free | |
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keesan
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Working 486 laptop with at least 8MB RAM wanted cheap or free
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Jul 5 20:32 UTC 2005 |
Does anyone have, for free or very cheap, a 486 laptop computer with at least
8MB RAM and a working internal keyboard and monitor (no color needed), for
a younger grexer who is running linux on one we gave him with a broken
keyboard. He says he is not concerned about the floppy drive, but it is sort
of a nuisance to carry around a keyboard. He does not want to do X.
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juicy
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response 1 of 29:
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Jul 8 04:01 UTC 2005 |
internal keyboard? Is he looking for a laptop?
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keesan
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response 2 of 29:
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Jul 8 16:21 UTC 2005 |
Yes, a 486 laptop in which the keyboard still works, also the monitor, but
the floppy drive can be dead since we made him a serial transfer cable.
See the item heading 'Working 486 laptop'.
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juicy
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response 3 of 29:
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Jul 8 18:34 UTC 2005 |
ah. i just read the text, which makes no mention of laptopness.
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keesan
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response 4 of 29:
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Jul 8 19:47 UTC 2005 |
You can make a serial transfer cable from the tails of two serial mice, but
for a nullmodem cable you need more wires connected than are found in a mouse
(which I think is only 4). He eventually got a parport zip drive working for
file transfer, which is faster. A laptop computer is handy for transferring
larger files than 1.44MB between distant locations (farther apart than two
mice tails).
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gull
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response 5 of 29:
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Jul 11 16:24 UTC 2005 |
I find a USB keychain drive to be both faster and more compact than
using an old laptop to transfer files. (Probably not cheaper, though.)
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tod
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response 6 of 29:
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Jul 11 16:31 UTC 2005 |
re #5
Do they make devices to do quick copies from one cruzermini to another?
That's my only problem is that they're easy to lose yet most folks rarely back
them up due to the inconvenience.
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