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Re: PCMCIA Ethernet/Modem cards..



Richard.Dansereau@EE.UManitoba.CA wrote:
> 
> Hello all!
> 
> Just wondering if anyone out there has gotten any of the
> PCMCIA Ethernet/Modem cards working under Debian/Linux on
> a laptop?  I'm looking at buying one.. but, of course I would
> like to buy a brand that I should be able to get to work
> under Debian.  If anyone has any testimonial stories or any
> other pointers to where I can find out this information..
> it would be great appreciated since those cards are a pretty
> penny!

What a coincidence. I have just purchased (I got the thing only two
weeks ago) a Gateway Solo 2100. For a total of $3138 I got a P120,
32MB ram, 1GB disk, 10x cdrom, floppy, battery, 12.3 active matrix
screen, leather case, pcmcia 33.6 modem/fax, pcmcia 3Com 3c589D
combo e-net adapter. (Oh, it has an ESS1888 sound 16-bit wav + midi
internally.) I also got some headphones. 

I installed buzz (I'm no glutton for punishment) and everything is
now working except the Midi port (standard sound is working--I play
Quake on this baby). Getting the modem and ethernet working was 
actually a *snap* (I dl'd the pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-modules packages,
set one variable in /etc/pcmcia.conf). I also have X working. It
could hardly have been easier.

Go to http://www.gw2k.com and price one out for yourself!

--
Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com


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