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On 17 Nov 1996, Leon Brooks wrote:

> I'm considering installing Linux on a T-5700 (no, _not_ 5200) laptop.
> It is a 386DX with mono VGA screen.
> 
> The feature which causes me to hesitate is that it only has 2M of RAM
> and seems to need a proprietary RAM card to increase that at all.
> 
> Toshiba want about $1E3 for same, populated with 8M. I understand
> that the absolute ceiling for this machine is 12M. I can live with
> that, but a grand is a _leetle_ pricey.
> 
> Is there anyone else out there with a like machine? Is there a non-
> proprietary method for adding RAM to it? Is there documentation for
> its innards? Can I borrow a RAM adaptor or steal a copy of the PCB
> layout of it? Can I plug a low-power 5x86 into the CPU (or FPU)
> socket and live with a *lot* of swapping?

I have Linux running of a Philips notebook with a 386SX CPU and 2MB of RAM
(only 1.6MB really usable). As far as I can tell I can't get more RAM for
it as it is a custom design and discontinued model (which is why I got it
cheap).

It's useful as a portable sed/grep/vi/perl machine and can support
multiple logins and active shells quite tolerably, but I wouldn't want to
try putting X on it.

I used Paul Gortmaker's Linux-Lite disks to install Linux. See
http://rsphy1.anu.edu.au/~gpg109/mem.html.

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