I found a good place to buy parts real cheap. It's called PCMC. Here's a link
http://www.connection-connection.com/
Joe
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On 8/23/2002 at 7:01 PM awyatt@fewt.com wrote:
>Would make a great text only Linux box. Drives are CHEAP on ebay..
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Power Supply: $19.00, example:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item 44599216
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1GB Hard Drives: $12.99, example:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item 44633123
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-Andrew
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DATE: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 14:38:37
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I also have an extensa ---missing a HDD and was wondering
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if it was worth buying a HDD for it. The Everex has a 110
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power supply and a dead battery (works plugged in only and
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this TI extensa doesnt have a external power supply or HDD
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and a bad battery. Before I either buy stuff (HDD power
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supply etc) or junk it I would like to explore
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options/costs.
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I have checked online for batteries but not HDD (yet) but I
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digress --- the specs on the extensa are
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100 MHz Pentium
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24 MB RAM
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810 MB HDD
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6x Torisan CD-ROM (swappable with floppy drive)
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3.5 inch floppy drive
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11.4 inch (diagonal) dual-scan color display (Cirrus Logic
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CLGD7543 chipset, 1MB video RAM)
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"Glidepad" touchpad.
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1 NiMH battery
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1 serial port (male, 9 pin)
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built-in stereo speakers with output jacks, sound card
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built-in microphone with input jack
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1 type III or 2 type II PCMCIA card slots
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1 parallel port (female, 25 pin)
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1 video output port
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1 keyboard/mouse port
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IR transfer port
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with the above information would it be worth it (cost) to
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update/buy the necessary parts and install an OS? I believe
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the extensa to be a better candidate but I would also have
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to spend more to get it functional (HDD/110
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powersupply-charger). I'm just trying to explore options
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here and see if either is worth putting the bucks in to get
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a functional unit.Does anyone know if it is possible/where
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to trade the Everex for the parts to make the extensa
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usable??Finally what if any distro (with X) will work on
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the extensa?? Thanks for all the help so far.
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I have done a few searches on google but can only come up
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with some very dated stuff -- seems like Redhat 3.- will
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work on the extensa--- would a later version work/load??
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Anyway I dont want to take up the space and time with more
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questions --- thanks
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A J
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