Robert, Welcome. I'm sure Stephen and the other Linux guys will be able to steer you right.
You are also invited to join the sister list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]); just send an (empty) email to this address: [ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ]and respond to the confirmation message. Many of the subscribers of one also subscribe to the other. The SOFTCON.COM version of the list stays somewhat closer to the nuts and bolts of things, while the tmonroe.com version of the list has a somewhat more open discussion format (including topics that range farther afield than just "survivor PCs"). Travis Siegel manages this list, while I look after the other. I hope you find the list(s) useful. Best Regards, Garry Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Steinmetz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 3:58 PM Subject: [SURVPC] New Member > I'm new to this list. I got here trying to find a use to 2 Zenith > Z-lite sub-notebook computers, I always been intrigued by sub-notebooks > and other unusual form factors. That lead me to BasicLinux. > > I installed BasicLinux on one of them (486 25mhz /12mb RAM) and have it > working pretty well with icewm. However, I would like to get it > functioning on my wireless LAN using a PCMCIA card. > > I can't find any of the wireless cards supported by the Slackware 3.5 > pcmcia package. I've tried to compile the latest version of the linux > pcmcia package, but BasicLinux seems to require several modifications > and additions to get it to compile, even though it is supposed to work > with the 2.0.x linux kernel (One example is the the Configure script > will not work with the included version of echo). > > After reading in this list about the slackware 8.1 for old computers, > I'm wondering if that would be a better alternative. How much of a > performance hit will there be? Would it be reasonable to run X on this > hardware? Or should I just try to get the pcmcia package to compile by > tracking down the missing bits of Slackware 3.5 and the missing headers. > > I would appreciate any input. > > -- > Rob Steinmetz > > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. > Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. > More info can be found at; > http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html > To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
