[rescue] WTB: your busted-screen laptop

[John B. Lee]

Hi,

Are you still looking for laptops? How far under $50 are you looking to 
go? I have a Compaq Armada 4131T w/CDROM base that's not being used. 
However, it has a flakey keyboard. Sometimes, some keys will go dead. 
This can be cured by pressing down on the palmrest, or by using an 
extrenal (PS/2) keyboard. I wouldn't mind packing it off for $50.

Specs:

P133
48MB RAM
3GB hard drive
4x CDROM
floppy
2 PCMCIA (16bit) slots
12.1" TFT-LCD (800x600), working :-)
2 batteries (one "handle" type battery, one internal type battery)

I can also include a 3com 3c589A ethernet pccard w/slightly damaged 
(but still operational) dongle. A note: I have NetBSD 1.6.1 installed 
now, but can't get it to work with the 3com card. I think it has 
something to do with the memory address that the card gets mapped to. 
However, I have neither the patience nor a pressing a need to figure it 
out. Barters are also not out of the question. Let me know if you're 
interested, how much you'd be willing to pay, etc.

--
John B. Lee
jbl2007 at columbia.edu
http://binomial.sociology.columbia.edu/~jbl/

On Wednesday, Aug 20, 2003, at 18:54 US/Eastern, Patrick Giagnocavo 
+1.717.201.3366 wrote:

> I have a need for some laptops (Pentium 90 or faster) that are CHEAP,
> like under $50 shipped.
>
> I can use anything that is working but do NOT need the screen to be
> working.
>
> Specs:
>
> P90 or faster
> 16MB RAM (more preferred)
> 170MB or more disk
> able to boot OpenBSD (just about anything)
> power adapter
> 2 PCMCIA slots, or 1 onboard enet and 1 PCMCIA slot
> broken, busted LCD screen is OK (but must have external monitor port)
>
> This IS a rescue-related topic, especially since I will be using these
> systems and they will have a functional BSD installed on them.
>
> Cordially