i am interested, i can probably repare it. At 12:41 PM 3/11/2005, you wrote: >Hello list. > >I have a KDS 6300 laptop to give away. It has a major flaw in that the >CD-rom drive is dead and I have no idea if it can be fix/replaced. If >interested, reply off-list. Buyer pays shipping UPS ground. > >The machine has: > >* 700 MHz processor. > >* 184 MB of Ram. > >* 10 GB hard drive. > >* Internal floppy drive. > >* CD-rom drive (which does not work). > >* One RS-232 serial port. > >* One Parallel port. > >* One monitor port. > >* 2 USB 1.1 ports. > >* 1 type II PCMCIA slot. > >* Ethernet port. > >* Modem port. > >* Infrared port (have no idea if it works). > >* External keyboard port. > >* Mouse in front of keyboard (uses com2 port). > >* Headphone and microphone jacks. > >* Left and right stereo speakers above the keyboard. > >* Installed battery (don't know how good it is). > >* Charger. > >* No original Docs or software. > > >The machine has Slackware 10.0 installed (2.4.26 kernel) and is set up for >brltty on com1 to a PowerBraille display. However, I don't see any >problem setting it up for Speakup to a synthesizer through the serial >port. The kernel source-tree is included. Except for KDE, the complete >distribution is there. > >The system can boot through lilo (remove the floppy disk) or from a floppy >disk. > >The Alsa drivers are installed as well as realplayer and trplplayer. In >addition, OSS mixers are also installed. > >The Ethernet port will work and is configured for dhcp so connecting it to >a router is convenient. The USB ports also work. The internal modem is >not supported in Linux but some searching might uncover a driver. It >should be possible to use and external CD-rom drive/burner through a USB port. > >Performance isn't lightning-fast but not all that bad either and it would >probably make a good general-purpose Linux machine (except for the CD-rom >drive). The machine runs a tad warm and you will notice the fan ramping >up and down. There is a 65 MB swap partition. > >I'm giving this machine away except that the buyer pays shipping (UPS >ground to make tracking possible). If interested, reply off-list. > >Thank you. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >__________ NOD32 1.1024 (20050311) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.nod32.com >
