Looking for stuff that you forgot to throw out

Jim Kuzdrall gnhlug at intrel.com
Sun Nov 29 17:10:33 EST 2009


On Sunday 29 November 2009 16:19, Bill Freeman wrote:
> > On Sunday 29 November 2009 14:48, Bill Freeman wrote:
> > > I've been gifted with a Dell Latitude LX 475D laptop.
> >
> > ...
> > ...  Assuming they loaded
> > PCMCIA drivers with Win 3.11, these 2 PCMCIA cards might work:
> >
> >     Netgear FA510 Ethernet card, drivers on floppy
> >     USB 2.0 dual port USB card, might be able to find drivers
> >
> >     Available for loan, Nashua.

> Thsnks, Jim.  They would be fun to play with.  I have an offer of a
> loan of an FA-410, but the existence of driver floppies makes your
> 510 particularly interesting.  USB, of course, would solve many
> problems, but 3.11 drivers may be exciting.
>
> What sort of schedule do you have?  I'm often close to Nashua, but
> not during business hours.

    I checked out the floppy; still seems to read OK.  One gulp from the 
PCMCIA card Ethernet buffer will completely fill the old laptop memory!

    I am available Monday, Thursday, and Friday evenings this week.  Are 
any of those nights good?

Jim Kuzdrall


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