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1/8/2009
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| Back to the motherboard. In building your own portable, the best
option seems to be the PC/104+ standard. This is a motherboard which
is about 4 or 5 inches square. Check www.google.com for this and
youll find a bunch of links. Unfortunately, these motherboards are
not in high volume production, and so they cost a mint, relative to
their performance (I wish the sites that I had found would just list
the damn prices rather than asking that you email for a quote...grrr.)
Another option is using a small form-factor regular motherboard, such
as the NLX size which is about 8x10 or so. Thirdly, one could use an
integrated regular motherboard like Intels 810, or a Cyrix Media GX,
or finally, I understand there is a product called I-Opener which has
a small motherboard, which can and has been hacked, and so could
possibly be made portable. The latter two options (Cyrix, I-Opener)
seem to be good options, since they are both low power consumers and
these motherboards have been used in laptops.. |
| So, if you think that its stupid for laptop gamers to drool in this
forum about the latest and greatest video cards and other specs,
then maybe you are in the wrong forum. Ive been reading this group
on and off since 1994 and one thing that is consistent is the
drooling over new components. Look at the threads about the latest
PIII chips that dont have anything to do with games. Playing with
laptops and making them perform at their peak is one of the things
that people in this forum do, whether its to allow gaming or to run
a fancy new program or to do something else that is new and
different. |
| Additionally, you would need some form of input devices, and here is
where it would be nice to know where you can buy working keyboards
w/trackpads from otherwise defective laptops. |
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Gota bunch of NEC laptops in. About 35-40 units that have been tested
working but do not have the power supplies.
Heres some of them of the model types:
3 Versa 6010H (P133) 16mb, 2.1gb, 28.8, sound, 1.44 FD, Win95
3 Versa 6060 (P166) 16mb, 2gb, 1.44FDD, sound, office97, Win95
2 Versa 6030H (P133) 16mb, 1.3gb, 33.6, 1.44FD, Win95, Office97 Loaded
3 Versa 6030MH (P150) 16mb, 2.0gb, 33.6, sound, Fdd, Win95, Office97, MS
Works
7 Versa 6030X (P133) 16mb, 1.4gb, 28.8, sound, 1.44FDD, Win95
1 Versa 6050MX (P150) 16mb, 2gb, 33.6, 1.44FDD, Win95
1 Versa 6200MX (P166) 96mb, 3gb, sound, Office97, Win95
2 Versa 2435CD (P233) 96mb, 4gb, sound, Office97. Win95
1 Z-Note (P133) 48mb, 1.3gb, 28.8, sound, 1.44FDD, Office97, Win95
All 6000 series Laptops call for ac adapter #OP-520 62001
The 2435CD series call for #12-00118-30
There is many of these type of units. Totals are about 35-40 units that are
excellent and only need the ac adapters.
There are a few with cdroms. There are also about 12-15 o. |
| Prostar/Sager laptops are in the lower price ranges for a laptop (come
up first at Pricewatch) but I dont know anything about them. Still,
Id not be inclined to purchase those low-end brands. This may be
unfair to Prostar/Sager but I dont think theres a lot of customer
reviews/feedback on the Prostar itself or the tech-support/customer
service Prostar gives its customers--or doesnt give. So its an
unknown. |
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