Re: IBM A Series, Mod. 26523VG
On Mon, Nov 19, 2001 at 05:29:51PM -0500, Philipp Pagel wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > I'm about to order an IBM A Series, model 26523VG. My main
> > concern is on the Ethernet adaptor that I've never heard about:
> > Communication Daughter Card (CDC)
> > Does anybody knows any problem related to this card?
> > And, what about the "ATI Mobility RADEON" video card? Is it ok?
>
>
> I have not seen one of the 26523 series, yet. The Thinkpads
> A20m A21m A20p and A21p that I have seen or read about up to now (including
> my 2628GTU) used an Intel EEpro100 ethernet card which works just fine.
> The graphics on mine is ATI Rage mobility and also works without problems.
> Maybe you can just call IBM technical support and ask - they make a big deal
> of supporting LINUX so they might be able to answer. At the very least you
> can find out what kind of ethernet card they use for that model so you can
> check that specific model for LINUX friendliness...
Unfortunatly this is not the case (at least as far as the A21m is
concerned). It would seem that some of them ship with a 3com card, which
doesn't work, from what I've gathered. So to be on the safe side
doublecheck before buying one.
Cheers
Dave
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