OK, this one's a doozy ya'll. I have a Dell Latitude CPi D300XT here, FINALLY working.
Specs are as follows:
P2 300MHz CPU
64MB RAM (only one slot works)
NeoMagic 2160 graphics (WTF?) w/ 2MB VRAM
Left modular bay currently has battery (recognized, not sure how much charge it will take if any)
Right modular bay currently has 24x CD-ROM drive module, can swap for floppy drive module if needed (have both modules) but I don't think that they're hot-swappable...
Currently I have no hard drive for it, nor caddy, but I have a few options...
(1) I have a CF->IDE adapter but no card, if I can find a small CF card then I'd be all set.
(2) came with a IBM drive, 6.49gig unformatted, wedged in pretty bad cuz it's really too big (12mm, not the newer 9.5mm) TBH I'm scared to see if it works or not.
(3) if it's really worth it, I have a 30gig drive I could stuff in there -- would it even be useable to its full size?
Note that the RAM is not only old and slow (PC66) but a weird type called EDO that hasn't been made in at least 15 years AFAIK. I only have 64mb sticks, but I could put a 128mb stick in there if someone wanted to donate it... this laptop is NOT worth spending money on!
I definitely want something with a GUI (so FreeDOS is right out) and I hate the way DSL and DSL/N look and act. Their user interface IMNSHO needs a LOT of work. Is there anything out there that will work here?
Specs are as follows:
P2 300MHz CPU
64MB RAM (only one slot works)
NeoMagic 2160 graphics (WTF?) w/ 2MB VRAM
Left modular bay currently has battery (recognized, not sure how much charge it will take if any)
Right modular bay currently has 24x CD-ROM drive module, can swap for floppy drive module if needed (have both modules) but I don't think that they're hot-swappable...
Currently I have no hard drive for it, nor caddy, but I have a few options...
(1) I have a CF->IDE adapter but no card, if I can find a small CF card then I'd be all set.
(2) came with a IBM drive, 6.49gig unformatted, wedged in pretty bad cuz it's really too big (12mm, not the newer 9.5mm) TBH I'm scared to see if it works or not.
(3) if it's really worth it, I have a 30gig drive I could stuff in there -- would it even be useable to its full size?
Note that the RAM is not only old and slow (PC66) but a weird type called EDO that hasn't been made in at least 15 years AFAIK. I only have 64mb sticks, but I could put a 128mb stick in there if someone wanted to donate it... this laptop is NOT worth spending money on!
I definitely want something with a GUI (so FreeDOS is right out) and I hate the way DSL and DSL/N look and act. Their user interface IMNSHO needs a LOT of work. Is there anything out there that will work here?