Compaq laptop bits needed.

[reddragdiva]

In giving narnee the old M300 (PII-333MHz, 11" screen, 800×600), we probably need some bits for it and my Evo N410c:

• Compaq battery — required. Ideally the funky M300 cylinder battery (only good for that model!), or failing that the standard Compaq laptop battery that slots into the base station. (M300 cylinder batteries are £60 new, £40-45 on eBay or US$70 exchange, assuming Customs don't gouge me.)
• Compaq CD or DVD drive, that similarly slots into the base station.
• Compaq power adapter, 18.5-19 volts. (Mine is currently running on the Dell adapter, which is the right voltage but has a not-quite-right plug which falls out far too readily.)

Also, if anyone has a spare 11b wifi access point, she could really do with one of those — the M300 has no Ethernet but a wifi card that works fine (with some kicking) in Ubuntu, but Sahra has no wifi point at home!

A line on any of the above cheap, free or in exchange for as yet unspecified goods, services or alcohol would be most welcomed, please!

Mail almost back on velvet. We're currently waiting for hawkeviper to return and untar the mail directories, then we can get the MX repointed ...

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[tintintin.livejournal.com]

I've got various bits and pieces from an old Dell Inspiron 5000e, like modular DVD drive, adapter, battery etc, as well as a 128MB stick of RAM, all of which are probably unsuitable for a Compaq, but you're welcome to for the princely sum of a beer or two.

[reddragdiva]

Might be worth a spin! The real ale is omnipresent here ... visit when we're back from the snowy shores of North Yorkshire, perhaps?

I should also see if IBM bits are slot-compatible. I really doubt it, but what sort of junkpile collector am I if I don't try. Really.

[tintintin.livejournal.com]

Cool, I'll dig the bits out next week. :)

[reddragdiva]

And that Dell memory might actually work in the M300 too!

[ickle-yuki.livejournal.com]

If only I'd of seen this before I went to PC World yesterdday...

in the bargain bins they had a returned linksys wifi b AP for £15, but it was missing arials (easy to get, standard connector), and psu (5v easy to get).

I've got two PSUs for my compaq presario 1200xl222 don't know if the M300 uses the same?

I really need to replace my presario, celerons are shite... pismo sounds a good bet for a replacement..

[reddragdiva]

If it says 18V or 18.5V, it's Compaq standard, I think! :-D

My Evo was just over £200 and is a PIII-1GHz. Not a bad box at all, particularly after I upped it to 768MB.

[ickle-yuki.livejournal.com]

The Presario 1200 was a freebie from Rob, he has a Dell Inspiron(?) 2ghz laptop so found it surplus to his needs, and I only had a P150 Compaq Armada before that (the screen died on it just as Nat ordered memory for it).

It is the 800x600 resolution that is its weak point however. I'm so used to 1600x1200!

[reddragdiva]

This M300 is the very first model and is 800×600, but that's usable if you make the fonts small. And the price is right for narnee ;-)

[ickle-yuki.livejournal.com]

I find that Ubuntu's menus and some of the Gnome stuff goes off the screen on it. Though I've not fiddled with teh font settings yet...

As for the Compaq PSU, as luck would have it I cannot actually find the other one!it is in my bedroom somewhre I am sure... that in itself should give you a clue as to how long it might take for find it!

[reddragdiva]

Set all the fonts for everything to 8-point, or even 7-point.

For the PSU, at your leisure is just lovely :-)

[ickle-yuki.livejournal.com]

I shall do when I bother to use it next ;)

When I find the PSU I'll let you know. The two are not the same but both work fine with my presario 1200.

Now if I could just get a laptop with a 1600x1200 screen....

[reddragdiva]

oscarhocklee has a Vaio with a 1920×1200 screen. It's a 19" and weighs four or five kilos. For someone Cookie's size (6'8", 250lbs?) it counts as a "notebook" ...

[ickle-yuki.livejournal.com]

eek.

My 1200 is bad enough weight wise.

Weight wise I like Nat's fujitsu-seimens amilo or whatever it is. Only bit I don't like is the 1024x768 resolution on the screen.

I'm too fussy I guess, what with having a big 21" CRT on my desk for the last 18 months, though that needs replacing really as the tube isn't quite as good as it once was.

[ickle-yuki.livejournal.com]

This one is 19V 3.16A btw just checked.

[reddragdiva]

That's Compaq! :-D

[ajohnymous.livejournal.com]

In giving narnee the old M300 (PII-333MHz, 11" screen, 800×600)

OMG, LOL, we have, like, so much in common. I too have an old PII-333MHz laptop that needs a battery. Mine's a Toshiba Techra 8000 -- fairly usable still, really -- 256MB RAM, 40GB HD, 1024x768. I'm probably going to add a bluetooth GPS to it and make it a carPC/navigation/MP3 player/wardriving box. Rather than pay $50 for a new battery, maybe I'll just get an DC adapter for the car cigarette lighter.

Anyway, I do have, I believe, a 64MB SO DIMM SDRAM 3.3V 144 pin left over from a memory upgrade if you could use it.