[ale] Good PCMCIA 10/100 modem

[ryan at linuxgeneralstore.com]

You can get those at CompUSA for like $80:)

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Dow Hurst wrote:

> Go to http://www.computers4sure.com
> They have the Linksys 10/100 56K modem for ~$139 plus shipping.
> I got one last week for this new Dell Latitude CPt and it is running great under Suse6.1.  I just made sure the pcmcia
> module was loaded and both parts of the card came up fine.  Haven't tested 100Mbps yet though.
> 
> Oh yeah...
> 2.2.7 kernel
> 
> Also,
> got X running with SVGA server using 24bpp @1024x768.  Really is nice.  I did not need the framebuffer support as I
> thought.  Just specify to the Xserver the correct addresses of the video since it finds the sound addresses of the
> chipset first.  I'll post the XF86Config when I get a chance.  I don't want to mess with the Synaptics TouchPad package
> since it is pretty alpha right now and the PS/2 mouse driver works just fine.  Got APMD working after recompiling and
> including support.  I recompiled for a i686 arch and am noticing some speedup.  Can I recompile the Xserver for i686
> with little trouble?  I imagine it is precompiled as i386, right?  This is alot of fun being able to play with
> compilation of the OS!  Has anyone had success with a controlling the fan in laptops other than Toshiba?  I found that
> package but couldn't find any others.
> Dow
> 
> 
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