What are the specs, how much are they, and how is the hardware supported by
*nix?
I am looking for a laptop to run NetBSD on.
Tim
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Christopher Allen
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 5:37 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [EUG-LUG:1824] I have a bunch of itronix laptops for sale...
> (fwd)
>
>
> Hi, eug-luggers. I thought some of you might be interested in
> these unique
> portable computers. They aren't fast or pretty, but they are rugged.
>
> -Chris
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 00:40:22 -0500
> From: Rubix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: I have a bunch of itronix laptops for sale...
> Resent-Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 01:32:31 -0400
> Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Hi ladies and gentlemen, I've been off the list for a while
> mainly because
> of school, and that this summer has been very busy hasn't
> helped me in the
> least.
>
> But anyway, to the subject point, I got a lot of Itronix
> T5000 and T5000EFP
> mini computers, and am selling them off. The T5000 series
> are older and
> none of them boot, they come up with bios errors and such and
> I'm selling
> them off for $10.00 USD/each (plus S/H)with power adapters
> and batteries,
> and I have 20 available. Basically they are for scavenging
> parts off of.
> If you happen to want the whole lot of T5000's + power
> adapters I'll sell 20
> of them for $125.+ SH.
>
> I have about 15 of the T5000EFP series, they are smaller and
> sleeker, and
> well, look cooler. All of the 15 boot to a Dos 5.00prompt and have
> interserver onboard for transferring stuff to them. They
> have a serial
> port, a PCMCIA (single type II) port, a nine pin barcode port
> (presumably
> proprietary but I don't know), an onboard 2400 bps modem, and
> a six volt
> battery. All 15 boot and are used but in good condition, and
> include a
> battery that holds a charge (no guarantees on length). I am
> selling them,
> with power adapter and battery, for $25.00 USD each. They
> will run basic
> for dos, and I've heard karl lunt uses his to run X10
> firecracker on his
> home to control lights/fans and such.
>
> These computers are all (were, I should say) intended for use
> by telephone
> linemen and they are all very beefy. They have 386
> processors under the
> hood and 640k of ram. They run basic fine (but you will have
> to load it on
> the unit with a laplink cable yourself), and I have used mine
> to run a scott
> martin SSCII to control servos. They have a very nice
> backlit display that
> runs at 240x128, 640x 200 or 480x200. They all have dos 5
> preloaded. They
> can take PCMCIA memory cards (eeprom cards) for programs, and they by
> default take sundisk cards, but will take others. Since I
> have been asked,
> they don't have touch screens, sorry, but they do have really
> cool GITD
> keyboards and have handicap (sticky shift) that you can
> enable for true one
> handed typing. I have some test leads available too, and
> will try to get
> pics up soon (would have pics already but win2k doesn't like
> quickcams...::scowls::)
>
> As for linkage,
> Here is a picture of the T5000EFP unit http://www.stratos.com/cs9.htm
> Here is itronix company's website: Www.itronix.com
> Here is karl lunt's T5000 website:
> http://www.seanet.com/~karllunt/t5000.htm
>
> Email me to reserve one, I do take paypal, cashiers checks
> and money orders,
> as well as personal checks (but they have to clear before I ship).
>
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