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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!jussieu.fr!rain.fr!news From: screener@serveur.dtr.fr (Vahagn DONABEDIAN) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: HP Omnibook 5000? Date: 14 Mar 1996 11:46:25 GMT Organization: CSI InterNetNews site Lines: 73 Sender: vdonabed@dtr.fr (Vahagn DONABEDIAN) Message-ID: <4i90uh$hem@obelix.rain.fr> References: <niPvLLF@quack.kfu.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lyon34.dtr.fr X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.5 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.laptops:57530 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:15457 In article <niPvLLF@quack.kfu.com>, nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) writes: >Does anyone know anything about the Omnibook 5000? Specifically, I would >want to run FreeBSD on it, so the hardware and BIOS need to be as >standards-compliant as possible. I run Linux 1.2.13 on my 5000 CL >Does it use the Intel or an Intel compatable PCMCIA chipset? What is >the slot arrangement? 2xII-or-1xIII, 2xIII or something else? 2xII or 1xIII > >Can you close the lid without it suspending? What other features does >the BIOS have? Is it an Award, Phoenix or AMI BIOS (perhaps in >disguise)? Yes disguised > >Is it relatively easy to swap hard disks? Might it be possible to >arrange for multiple hard drives and field-swap them easily (this is >a feature I value highly in my current laptop)? i Yes , IDE 2,5 " hard disk. >takes 2.5" SCSI drives internally? Non it's impossible. >How many audio I/O jacks does it have? SP, MIC, MIDI an PAL/NCSA out for Video. >Does it have a manual (external) >volume control? No > Does it have an OPL/2 or other FM synthesizer built in? NO >MIDI? Joystick port? Yes > >Can you get a port replicator or dock for it? Yes > >How long will a 16M P90 SVGA system go on a charge? 3 hours > Does the BIOS report >true % battery state Yes > >-- >Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> | How do Democrats spell 'denial'? >N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NORCAL.CA.USA.NOAM | >+1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest' | C-L-I-N-T-O-N >URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/ | Vahagn DONABEDIAN vdonabed@cucumber.gatelink.fr.net