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From: geoffw@internex.net (Geoff White)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: FreeBSD on a laptop?
Date: 6 Jun 1994 09:56:29 -0700
Organization: InterNex Information Services,Inc.
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Hi all,
	I want to get a notebook type computer but don't
want to run loosing macOS or Swindows.  Since I have grown up
with UNIX (starting in high school with v5 on a pdp-11/40) it is
only natural that I'd want to carry it around with me.  I;ll be doing
a lot of network related things so I need good ethernet and serial port
support to run tip,cu and PPP.  I don't care about color so much but
I do want fast response time, long battery life, I also want to run X11.
Does any body know/have laptops running FreeBSD?
If so what are the criteria?  Can you give me a list?  my hardware
cost limit is $3,000.


			Thanks