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I am interested in a docking station, if it would be compatible with an
IBM Thinkpad 760 series. I have been looking at the newsgroup for a
while.
Kevin
Kevin Woolard, KD3KZ
Bucks County ARES / RACES
District Emergency Coordinator for
ARRL PA District # 1
Karen Woolard, N3QQT
Bucks County ARES / RACES
woolard@comcat.com
Web Site: http://www.comcat.com/~woolard/
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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Free Laptop Docking Statons (Jesse Huestis)
2. Re: Free Laptop Docking Statons (Michael Bevilacqua)
3. Linux Laptops Big Hit! (W. Chris Shank)
4. Re: Linux Laptops Big Hit! (Paul)
5. Re: $20 wireless PCMCIA card (Paul)
6. Re: Linux Laptops Big Hit! (shankwc)
7. Re: Linux Laptops Big Hit! (Art Clemons)
8. Re: Linux Laptops Big Hit! (Bhavin Vyas)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 07:31:40 -0400
From: Jesse Huestis <JHuestis@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Free Laptop Docking Statons
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Reply-To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
For which computers? I would love one for an HP ZE4100 series or an IBM
T21 series.
Jesse
Michael Bevilacqua wrote:
>We have about 7 laptop docking stations here at my place of employment
>that are up for grabs. If you want one (for FREE) and you know what you
>need (because I don't) then mail me or call me ASAP.
>
>Office: 215-328-6668
>
>
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 09:02:07 -0400
From: Michael Bevilacqua <michael@bevilacqua.us>
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Free Laptop Docking Statons
Reply-To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 07:31:40AM -0400, Jesse Huestis wrote:
> For which computers?
They were for Toshibas, but were gone by the time I arrived this
morning.
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:46:17 -0500 (EST)
From: "W. Chris Shank" <chris.shank@acetechgroup.com>
To: <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Subject: [PLUG] Linux Laptops Big Hit!
Reply-To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
In Indonesia!
Someone in Indonesia wants to order a large quantity of Linux Laptops
from me. I'm researcing export licensing and restrictions now - just
wondering if anyone has had any dealings with this type of thing?
Thanks
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 16:20:48 -0400
From: Paul <paul@dpagin.net>
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptops Big Hit!
Reply-To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Just make sure you get paid first!
W. Chris Shank wrote:
>In Indonesia!
>
>Someone in Indonesia wants to order a large quantity of Linux Laptops
>from me. I'm researcing export licensing and restrictions now - just
>wondering if anyone has had any dealings with this type of thing?
>
>
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:32:20 -0400
From: Paul <paul@dpagin.net>
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] $20 wireless PCMCIA card
Reply-To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Bought. Tried. Am returning the Belkin card. Ordered and received an
ORiNOCO Gold card for $60 as suggested by gr. The ORiNOCO has better
sensitivity (although connectivity has not improved) and it has the "MC"
external antenna connector. Most important; it's Linux compatible
without a hassle!
If you only run Windows, the Belkin is fine. If you prefer to run
Linux, stay away from the Belkin for now. A driver for the Atmel chip
does exist, but it doesn't sound like it's ready for prime time.
More reading for those with time to kill: I decided to replace (only on
the laptop) RedHat 7.3 with Mandrake 9.1. It works almost flawlessly.
The ORiNOCO was detected and configured during install, as was the
mini-PCI 100baseT NIC, but I had to manually straighten out the network
settings after install. X and power management worked out of the box.
(That may be due to the fact that I had an existing suspend partition.
I don't know.) The mini-PCI WinModen just needs a driver. So the
hardware seems to be much more happy under Mandrake 9.1 compared to
RedHat 7.3.
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 20:54:10 -0400
From: shankwc <chris.shank@acetechgroup.com>
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptops Big Hit!
Reply-To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Yes, I've been warned from my vendor that this is most likely a scam.
They will either use a stolen credit card or ask for my bank number to
"wire" funds. They haven't done either yet - so the saga continues.
Paul wrote:
> Just make sure you get paid first!
>
>
> W. Chris Shank wrote:
>
>> In Indonesia!
>>
>> Someone in Indonesia wants to order a large quantity of Linux Laptops
>> from
>> me. I'm researcing export licensing and restrictions now - just
>> wondering
>> if anyone has had any dealings with this type of thing?
>>
>>
>
>
>
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 21:27:56 -0400
From: Art Clemons <artclemons@aol.com>
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptops Big Hit!
Reply-To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Chris Shank:
>Yes, I've been warned from my vendor that this is most likely a scam.
>They will either use a stolen credit card or ask for my bank number to
>"wire" funds. They haven't done either yet - so the saga continues.
The easy solution if they want to wire funds is to set up an account
just for wiring funds to, and then transferring the funds to a regular
account. Just inform them that the funds have to clear first and it
will take however many business days your bank requires to post funds
from a transfer. Most banks with an interest in legal commerce can deal
with this problem for you easily. Credit cards however are a difficult
thing to police indeed and they cost you money with the risk that a
transaction can be placed on hold at a minimum.
Personally I'ld hope they were legit but wait until I had the cash on
hand before counting on it. Like your vendor said most likely a scam,
but I remember ordering 10 computers once for a group of hobby
computerists. The store selling just could not believe it was a real
order at first and we had a certified check to give.
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 23:02:53 -0400
From: Bhavin Vyas <bvyas3@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptops Big Hit!
To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Reply-To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
Another thing you might want to look into is a 'Letter of credit' where
essentially their bank gurantees that you will get the money. But I am
not too sure how it works and how safe it is, you will need to
investigate.
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From: "Art Clemons" <artclemons@aol.com>
To: <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptops Big Hit!
> Chris Shank:
> >Yes, I've been warned from my vendor that this is most likely a
> scam. >They will either use a stolen credit card or ask for my bank
> number to >"wire" funds. They haven't done either yet - so the saga
> continues.
>
>
> The easy solution if they want to wire funds is to set up an account
> just for wiring funds to, and then transferring the funds to a regular
> account. Just inform them that the funds have to clear first and it
> will take however many business days your bank requires to post funds
> from a transfer. Most banks with an interest in legal commerce can
> deal with this problem for you easily. Credit cards however are a
> difficult thing to police indeed and they cost you money with the risk
> that a transaction can be placed on hold at a minimum.
>
> Personally I'ld hope they were legit but wait until I had the cash on
> hand before counting on it. Like your vendor said most likely a scam,
> but I remember ordering 10 computers once for a group of hobby
> computerists. The store selling just could not believe it was a real
> order at first and we had a certified check to give.
>
>
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