> I have recently bought a Dell D266TX w/ > 128mb of RAM, CDROM, Floppy and a Modem > Card (PCMCIA) for .. $400 ! It's a PII 266 > of course .. how does the price sound ?
Price is not too bad, especially if it has a hard drive as well...:-) > Anyway i'm wondering if it's possible, > somehow, to stick a networking cable (cat5) > into the PCMCIA modem and have it work > like a network card instead. It's a long > shot but that's why i'm asking a LUG :) Nope - definately NOT - not only are the connectors different, but they don't talk ethernet. Thhere is a Xircom CEM56 PCMCIA card which has 10/100 ethernet and 56K modem in it - you can pick them up for around $500 new, or probebly $300 at the markets. You can also get a dedicated 10/100 card only for around the $300 mark. I *may* have a spare CEM56 complete with the necessary "dongles" that I can sell for around $250 if I can't resurrect the old notebook... Email me off-list if you're interested. Jon -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
