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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.dbtech.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-fw-22.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@see.my.signature (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware Subject: Re: FreeBSD & XFree86 on ThinkPad Date: 1 Oct 1996 17:58:02 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 27 Message-ID: <52rm3a$a4l@helena.MT.net> References: <52q926$q78@scream.auckland.ac.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.mt.sri.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:28382 comp.os.linux.hardware:51968 In article <52q926$q78@scream.auckland.ac.nz>, Peter Dobcsanyi <P.Dobcsanyi@auckland.ac.nz> wrote: >Dear *, > >I am planning to buy an IBM ThinkPad 365X notebook computer (Pentium >100, 16Mbyte RAM, SVGA dual-scan). What are my chances to install >FreeBSD / Linux and XFree86 on it? FreeBSD should work find it. Older Thinkpad's have some problems, but your 365 should work fine. >I also would like to have a PC card Ethernet+Modem, what model should I >buy? I'd buy separate cards for both (cheaper and less likely to break), and any modem card should work with the PAO stuff, and I recommend the 3COM cards for ethernet. Nate -- nate@sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.mt.sri.com | Loving life in God's country, the great state of work #: (406) 449-7662 | Montana (all the crazies are now in jail 'cept us home #: (406) 443-7063 | natives). - Fly fishing fanatic!