Re: Best LAPTOP to buy for Linux?

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From: Kenneth Albanowski
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 00:00

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In article <slrn6f8v40.ssa.shutton@habanero.ucs.indiana.edu>,
Scott Hutton <shutton@pobox.com> wrote:
>On 20 Feb 1998 16:54:43 GMT, Skeeter <os2user@sapan.msc.cornell.edu> wrote:
>| At this time, the Hitachi series seems to offer good compatibility and
>| value.  See www.hitachipc.com and the Linux on Laptops web page.  The
>| Winbook XL 233 has a supported C&T graphics chipset; but I've read that the
>| 266 has a Neomagic, which you should definitely avoid; don't get a modem
>| from Winbook either, they sell WinModems.  Most Toshibas seem to be
>| supported, and they have a broad user base.
>
>I just gave the Winbook folks a call, and they said that the 266 had the
>C&T chipset, *not* Neomagic.  Got this from "Molly" there.

I'm using a Winbook XL 233 at the moment, and it does an execellent job.
However, I'm fighting some apparent hardware problems: the floppy drive
doesn't work consistently from Linux, and the screen has just started
freaking out.

One other note for the PCMCIA folks: don't get an EigerCom 28.8 modem. It
(astoundingly) doesn't work properly under Linux,
-- 
Kenneth Albanowski (kjahds@kjahds.com)

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From: kjahds@kjahds.com (Kenneth Albanowski)
Subject: Re: Best LAPTOP to buy for Linux?
Date: 1998/02/27
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