oops heh sorry At 01:55 PM 3/11/2005, you wrote: >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 > > > >_______________________________________________ >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 >
