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From: nate@see.my.signature (Nate Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: FreeBSD & XFree86 on ThinkPad
Date: 1 Oct 1996 17:58:02 GMT
Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations
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In article <52q926$q78@scream.auckland.ac.nz>,
Peter Dobcsanyi <P.Dobcsanyi@auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
>Dear *,
>
>I am planning to buy an IBM ThinkPad 365X notebook computer (Pentium
>100, 16Mbyte RAM, SVGA dual-scan). What are my chances to install
>FreeBSD / Linux and XFree86 on it?

FreeBSD should work find it.  Older Thinkpad's have some problems, but your
365 should work fine.

>I also would like to have a PC card Ethernet+Modem, what model should I
>buy?

I'd buy separate cards for both (cheaper and less likely to break), and
any modem card should work with the PAO stuff, and I recommend the 3COM
cards for ethernet.


Nate


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