On Wed, Mar 15, 2000 at 14:39:20 +0100, Dieter Ebner <ebner@spock.physik.uni-konstanz.de> wrote: > Could you please tell me the exact type of your laptop + how you have solved > problems. sony vaio z505r > 6-15 GB HD 6.4 GB HD > 64-128 MB RAM 64 MB (extensible to 196) > USB, serial, parallel 2x USB onboard, serial and parallel in port replicator > floppy USB floppy > DVD instead of CD nope. > 14" color 12.1" with 1024x768@24bit > external wheel mouse possible USB > sound some SVGA/sound config, supported by linux. > modem and/or Ethernet included ethernet: onboard modem: winmodem onboard no major problems configuring potato (though the installation had to be helped, but those were the first potato bootdisks). i haven't tried to configure USB or IRDA or I.Link (firewire), but the basic HW works fine with a standard potato installation. i'm quite happy about the notebook (though i'd buy the z505s next time, no need for the PII for me), especially size (sub A4, 1" high) and (lack of) weight (1.5 kg) make it a perfect choice for taking it with you. the only downside is batterylife (about 1h with the included batteries). -- Thomas 'Mike' Michlmayr | ignorami: n: The BOFH art of folding problem <mike+sig@cluon.priv.at> | lusers into representational shapes.
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