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Re: Inexpensive portability
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Sat, 30 Apr 2005 09:32:58 GMT
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dan miller <danbmil99@yahoo.comSAYNOTOSPAM>
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One tip -- don't connect to the Internet without installing a new AV pack,
and do windowsupdate immediately! I bought an old laptop on Ebay for a
project, and as soon as it went online, all sorts of malware began running.
-dbm
--- Rafe Donahue <rafedonahueNOSPAM@earthlink.net> wrote:
> > I suggest looking on eBay for an old laptop. By old, I'm talking
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> Thanks for the suggestions. After seeing this one, I realized I have an
> old HP Pavilion N3110, 32mb RAM running Win98, sitting behind the desk,
> quite literally just collecting dust.
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> I found the power cord and a serial port IR tower. After a couple
> tries, I got it to boot up. I was able to download the bricxcc on the
> desktop machine and then transfer it, via a CD, to the old laptop. Ran
> the setup; plugged in the serial tower; bingo.
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> This machine now has a new purpose in life. And it can play CDs while I
> work in the confines of the basement!
>
> Thanks again,
> Rafe
>
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| (...) Thanks for the tip, Dan. Actually, I'm not planning on doing in internetting on this machine. It's only input is a phone modem (no ethernet port or wireless card), floppy drive, and CD ROm (and keyboard!). Since it is working now doing what I (...) (20 years ago, 30-Apr-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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