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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA892 ; Mon, 08 Feb 93 23:01:12 EST Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:25426 comp.unix.bsd:10952 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!sti!dgreen From: dgreen@sti.com (Dan R. Greening) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: [386bsd/linux] LAN Adapter for Parallel Port: Supported in Linux? Date: 6 Feb 1993 02:07:08 GMT Organization: Software Transformation, Inc. Lines: 40 Message-ID: <1kv6gcINNc74@smurf.sti.com> References: <1krl2rINNibt@smurf.sti.com> <1krv4f$l9j@smurf.sti.com> <GUMBY.93Feb5180916@tweedledumb.cygnus.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: jeff.sti.com gumby@tweedledumb.cygnus.com (D V Henkel-Wallace) wrote: > From: dgreen@smurf.sti.com (Dan R. Greening) > > I'd love to have a UNIX laptop, but the only way it makes sense for my > situation is to have an ethernet lan adapter stuck onto the notebook. > >Zenith/Bull make a few. They're kinda heavy (~ 6lbs), but reasonably robust. I just ordered one. > There are LAN adapters that attach to the parallel port of a notebook. > The one that my computer salesperson recommended was a Soletek thinlan > adapter. Does Linux or 386BSD run on such a beast? Would it be difficult > to create a driver for said beast? > >Beware -- those parallel-port interfaces are very slow. I am instead >trying to get a pcmcia ethernet controller that I can drive from linux. Please let me know how this turns out. I have my Z-Note on order, but I can cancel up to a month after I get it. You're right, I shy away from a parallel-port adapters, because most of my data is going to be NFS shared. Zenith Z-Note 425LN. 486SL, 4 hour battery, 8MB, 120MB, $2880. I think it has an active matrix greyscale screen. The internal ethernet board is NE2000 compatible. Because it is NE2000 compatible, I don't think Linux will run on it, however I think 386BSD will. The ethernet attachment is the 14-pin job, so you have to get a $50 adapter to use thinnet or twisted pair (get these from Allied Telesis 800-424-4284). Zenith also makes an active matrix color version, with 200MB, for $4280. Let's share info on these guys publically, so all can get the best bang for the buck (and so we can give the bucks to those with the best bang). Regards, -- ____ \ /Dan Greening Software Transformation 1601 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Rd, #100 \/dgreen@sti.com (408) 973-8081 x313 Cupertino, CA 95014