The Extensa will support drives >1GB but not >7GB, it's a Pentium 100
system. If nothing more, he could get the parts for ~$30.00 and then
resell it.
-Andrew
On Fri, 2002-08-23 at 03:31, bpreece1@tampabay.rr.com wrote:
> First before you buy anything for it especially a hard drive you need to
> find out will it support a larger drive? Alot of the older Laptops will not
> support to much other then what they were equiped with.
>
> Next did that company use a proprietary laptop drive the older 386, 486 and
> even early pentium laptops used proprietary drives!!!!!
>
> Also I would sugguest looking on the linux latop web site check and see what
> they say about it.
> Good Luck
> Bill Preece
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <awyatt@fewt.com>
> To: <slug@nks.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 3:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] options 2
>
>
>
> Would make a great text only Linux box. Drives are CHEAP on ebay..
>
> Power Supply: $19.00, example:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item 44599216
>
> 1GB Hard Drives: $12.99, example:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item 44633123
>
> -Andrew
>
> You Wrote:
>
> DATE: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 14:38:37
> FROM: A2L1 A2L1@gte.net
> TO: slug@nks.net
> SUBJECT: [SLUG] options 2
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> I also have an extensa ---missing a HDD and was wondering
> if it was worth buying a HDD for it. The Everex has a 110
> power supply and a dead battery (works plugged in only and
> this TI extensa doesnt have a external power supply or HDD
> and a bad battery. Before I either buy stuff (HDD power
> supply etc) or junk it I would like to explore
> options/costs.
> I have checked online for batteries but not HDD (yet) but I
> digress --- the specs on the extensa are
>
> 100 MHz Pentium
> 24 MB RAM
> 810 MB HDD
> 6x Torisan CD-ROM (swappable with floppy drive)
> 3.5 inch floppy drive
> 11.4 inch (diagonal) dual-scan color display (Cirrus Logic
> CLGD7543 chipset, 1MB video RAM)
> "Glidepad" touchpad.
> 1 NiMH battery
>
>
>
> 1 serial port (male, 9 pin)
> built-in stereo speakers with output jacks, sound card
> built-in microphone with input jack
> 1 type III or 2 type II PCMCIA card slots
> 1 parallel port (female, 25 pin)
> 1 video output port
> 1 keyboard/mouse port
> IR transfer port
>
> with the above information would it be worth it (cost) to
> update/buy the necessary parts and install an OS? I believe
> the extensa to be a better candidate but I would also have
> to spend more to get it functional (HDD/110
> powersupply-charger). I'm just trying to explore options
> here and see if either is worth putting the bucks in to get
> a functional unit.Does anyone know if it is possible/where
> to trade the Everex for the parts to make the extensa
> usable??Finally what if any distro (with X) will work on
> the extensa?? Thanks for all the help so far.
> I have done a few searches on google but can only come up
> with some very dated stuff -- seems like Redhat 3.- will
> work on the extensa--- would a later version work/load??
> Anyway I dont want to take up the space and time with more
> questions --- thanks
>
>
>
> A J
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