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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newshost.marcam.com!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!deshaw.com!christos From: christos@deshaw.com (Christos Zoulas) Subject: Re: Experience with a laptop? Message-ID: <DBx1on.9Kz@deshaw.com> Sender: usenet@deshaw.com Nntp-Posting-Host: es2 Organization: D. E. Shaw & Co. References: <3ugfie$nia@ici-paris.ensta.fr> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 14:31:34 GMT Lines: 11 In article <3ugfie$nia@ici-paris.ensta.fr> babafou@orange8.ensta.fr (Marc Baudoin) writes: >I'd like to buy a laptop PC and to run NetBSD on it. Does anybody have any >experience with NetBSD on a laptop PC? Problems with Ethernet board >or video chipset? I have an IBM 755c with 12M of ram 533M of disk, 3com 3c589 ethernet and a MHZ 28,800 modem. If you have the muscles to lift such a beast, it runs pretty well. I'd suggest you find something lighter. Like a DEC hinote ultra, although I have not tried to run NetBSD on it. christos