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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.alt.net!newspost1.alt.net!usenet From: Wyatt@dis.org (Wyatt Earp) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Gonna buy a laptop, PCMCIA modems and questions Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 17:14:00 GMT Organization: DisOrganization Lines: 17 Message-ID: <59ehf1$er8@tofu.alt.net> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99b.112 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32871 Hello, I am planing to buy a laptop specifically for the purpose of installing freeBSD and learning about the system. This is purely for educational reasons, I do not have anything specific planed other than moving my current internet activity from the windows / trumpet to the bsd box and playing with unix. I plan to plug in a 28.8 pcmcia modem into one the slots and dialing into my local ISP (he uses dynamic IPs BTW) Will I have problems with the PCMCIA modem? What about the built-in mouse pointer? I will probably get a toshiba unless everybody screams "Don't buy a laptop!!" Thanks for your help! Wyatt