I will follow your lead on this Mark. Thanks for the tip. We have bought
used IBM Thinkpads for years for field use with good success but
frequent damage. These look like the answer.
Thanks,
Scriv
Mark Koskenmaki wrote:
I KNOW you won't buy a new one. The new ones are well over 3 grand.
I would not, after getting an older version of one of these, ever consider
taking a "normal" laptop out in the field. These things are tough, let me
tell you. Their resistance to damage from being knocked around is real. I
dropped mine several feet to the carpet while running... No bad effect.
They ARE heavy, however.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 10:35 AM
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grin. Not gonna buy a used one for something that important.
Marlon
(509) 982-2181 Equipment sales
(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services
42846865 (icq) And I run my own wisp!
64.146.146.12 (net meeting)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Koskenmaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 10:07 AM
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Just keep the laptop home for nice use... and buy one of these for those
site surveys, etc...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ITRONIX-IX260-GOBOOK-II-RUGGED-LAPTOP-1-8GHz-512MB-40GB_W0QQitemZ280025331886QQihZ018QQcategoryZ177QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
:)
Some older versions, like the IX250, have outdoor viewable screens, can
be
dropped without damage, etc, and you can buy them for 300 or less.
I like the touchscreen too.
I have an older version that's tough as nails, has a double pc card
slot...
but limited RAM. I find the combination of WIN98SE and netstumbler too
unstable with the drivers for an Orinoco card to be useful for site
surveys,
however. If I could find something that would work, this would be a
great
tool. I've dropped it several times already and it's been stepped on
and
kicked around, and bounced around the van a bit and seems utterly
unfazed
by
it all.
I didn't lose much, though. The laptop cost me just a bit more than a
new
pc card :) If I recall, it was under $100 with shipping.
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Washington
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 9:50 AM
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Sorry but that's NOT what I'm after. I need a dB readout of the signal
levels (use that often for troubleshooting). This seems to only give
out
a
% (not gonna have a +27dB signal like their manual shows).
Marlon
(509) 982-2181 Equipment sales
(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services
42846865 (icq) And I run my own
wisp!
64.146.146.12 (net meeting)
www.odessaoffice.com/wireless
www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry A Weidig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 9:32 AM
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Marlon:
That is the new ExpressCard format that you have on the Dell.
Unfortunately finding cards for it is a waste of time at this point,
hopefully that will change in the near future. I think what you are
looking for is:
http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?cPath=26_42&products_id=297
Hope that helps.
* Larry A. Weidig ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 11:03 AM
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I really don't want something like that. I want either a radio that
fits
the slot or a usb radio....
Marlon
(509) 982-2181 Equipment sales
(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services
42846865 (icq) And I run my own
wisp!
64.146.146.12 (net meeting)
www.odessaoffice.com/wireless
www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam
----- Original Message -----
From: "JohnnyO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:51 AM
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http://sewelldirect.com/usb-to-pcmcia-wireless-adapter.asp?adpath=/Googl
e/Lewis%20Gunter/06-04-04//USB%20to%20PCMCIA//47&keywords=usb%20to%20pcm
cia&match=3&search=search&gclid=CJ73gtvwm4cCFRR4UAodpHP7uA
Marlon - you won't find them less expensive then $175.00 plus
shipping.
Just went through this for a customer.....
Cheaper isn't always better :)~
Fyi - this is the only fix you'll find for your dilema - customer of
ours needed to use their aircards.
JohnnyO
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 10:39 AM
To: wireless@wispa.org
Cc: isp-wireless@isp-wireless.com
Subject: [WISPA] ot? New pc card slot in laptop
Hi All,
I FINALLY had my old laptop go nuts. Some kind of hard drive error.
So
I
have a new one here now. It's a cheapo Dell. Has no firewire but I
can
live with that, don't use it anyway. It also has no PCMCIA slot!
It's
got
a slot that's the right size but the connections inside the slot are
all
wrong.
I need to find an external wireless card that I can hook a cable to
and
get
actual dB data from various antennas.
Anyone have any idea what this is and/or what I can do to make this
work?
thanks,
Marlon
(509) 982-2181 Equipment sales
(408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services
42846865 (icq) And I run my own
wisp!
64.146.146.12 (net meeting)
www.odessaoffice.com/wireless
www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam
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