I have a Quantex T1310 PII 233, 1024x768 with Win 98 and NT. Works great with
RedHat 5.2. and Neomagic chip set as well - I'm using a LinkSys 10/100 card
(also works well). I also had problems with the neomagic sound chip - only get
8bit sound right now.
-John.
Mattias Bergvall wrote:
> Bret,
>
> Linux, NT, and '95...
> You'll probably get as many replies as there are subscribers
> to this list, but since you asked for it, I'll throw in my
> $0.02 and tell you about my Gateway Solo 2500, that successfully
> dual-boots RedHat 5.2 + PCMCIA 3.0.5 and NT4.0.
> 95/98 should be no problem adding to that.
>
> For XF86 I use the native NeoMagic, but haven't managed to get it
> working on an external monitor (comments welcome!).
>
> I had a bit of a struggle getting sound and pcmcia
> (Xircom 10/100 combo) ethernet working fine under *both* Linux
> and NT, but seem to have it sorted now.
>
> Overall, it's a really nice machine, 300MHz PII, 160MB RAM, 6.4GB HD,
> 1024x768 display (13.3" TFT), the only downside I've found is the
> non-standard Neomagic sound chip. The builtin keyboard doesn't suck,
> and it's great to have CD and floppy at the same time.
> The battery life is incredible! (Perhaps partially due to the
> restrictive APM default settings, but it looks VERY promising).
>
> I had a printout of < http://fatcatlabs.com/laptops/solo2500.html >
> handy when installing, just in case...
>
> By the way, I *don't* need to power down before switching between
> NT and Linux, but I've heard rumors that some people need to when
> switching from 95/98 to Linux.
>
> Well.. perhaps a little too many words for just saying that I'm
> a happy man with my Gateway Solo2500 SP6-300.
>
> Basically a stock RH 5.2, the latest PCMCIA package, and the XBF
> NeoMagic X server should get you up and running.
>
> Mattias
>
> > So what is a good laptop to run all this on? I'm looking for a fair bit of
> > performance (its for IT security work) as well as a fairly no-brainer
> > install for linux (don't particularly want to patch handfuls of bits to
> > install the darn thing..
> > Bret
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