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by mechmike
Sat 02 Jul 2011, 00:53
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Cheap machines ideal for Puppy
Replies: 153
Views: 148046

Edit 02/2014 - the link originally posted no longer exists...

$59 USD, has FireWire and card reader...
by mechmike
Fri 06 May 2011, 22:09
Forum: Hardware
Topic: $25 USB PC
Replies: 12
Views: 8371

$25 USB PC

http://www.geek.com/articles/games/game-developer-david-braben-creates-a-usb-stick-pc-for-25-2011055/ (Game Developer David) Braben has developed a tiny USB stick PC that has a HDMI port in one end and a USB port on the other. You plug it into a HDMI socket and then connect a keyboard via the USB p...
by mechmike
Tue 03 May 2011, 03:44
Forum: Hardware
Topic: 4.1.2 success on NeoWare Capio 800 thin clients
Replies: 2
Views: 2713

Wonder if these'd work?

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=KH188AT-LN&cat=NBB This HP Neoware m100 is mobile thin client is your ticket to secure and reliable client computing! This KH188AT is powered by a VIA Edem 800 MHz processor and includes 512 MB DDR2 memory as well as Microsoft Windows XP Embedded pre-inst...
by mechmike
Sun 25 Jul 2010, 18:13
Forum: Hardware
Topic: ExtremeTech builds a $200 (US) Dual Core PC
Replies: 0
Views: 967

ExtremeTech builds a $200 (US) Dual Core PC

Of course they used Ubuntu, but this is still an interesting article...

I wonder how this would have benchmarked running Puppy?

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2 ... 882,00.asp
by mechmike
Sat 10 Jul 2010, 17:03
Forum: Puppy Power
Topic: Lupu review on Raymond.cc
Replies: 1
Views: 2166

Lupu review on Raymond.cc

Overall, if I had to give Puppy Linux 5.0 a numerical value out of ten, I’d certainly give it a well deserved NINE AND A HALF.
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/201 ... -fun-fast/
by mechmike
Mon 01 Feb 2010, 21:34
Forum: Wireless
Topic: Haven't a clue if this PCMCIA wireless card will work...
Replies: 1
Views: 1605

Looks like they're Marvell

...or Marvell knockoffs. The card just arrived today. The Win XP drivers are:

Mrvw123.sys
Mrvw125.sys
netmw125.cat
netmw125.inf

We'll try ndiswrapper...
by mechmike
Mon 25 Jan 2010, 17:04
Forum: Wireless
Topic: Haven't a clue if this PCMCIA wireless card will work...
Replies: 1
Views: 1605

Haven't a clue if this PCMCIA wireless card will work...

https://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch_v3.asp?scriteria=AA69050 ...but at $5.00 shipped in the US I'll take a chance! *EDIT: They're now ten bucks as of 01 Feb. 2010* Dunno what chipset, or anything else - I never heard of Linkskey, but for a fiver, why not? http://www.linkskey.com/ Figured I'd thro...
by mechmike
Fri 15 Jan 2010, 03:40
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Cheap machines ideal for Puppy
Replies: 153
Views: 148046

Panasonic Toughbook Laptop 700MHZ CFM34 $130:

Edit 02/2014 - the link originally posted no longer exists...

No CD drive, though...
by mechmike
Sat 09 Jan 2010, 23:25
Forum: Beginners Help ( Start Here)
Topic: How to view Power Point files?
Replies: 16
Views: 12047

Pizzasgood did a tonicpoint .pet

http://www.browserloadofcoolness.com/so ... cpoint.pet

Dunno if it'll do you, but nobody's yet mentioned it...

You need Java...
by mechmike
Thu 31 Dec 2009, 22:03
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Cheap machines ideal for Puppy
Replies: 153
Views: 148046

Some ideas here:

http://gizmodo.com/5437251/do+it+yourse ... -too-cheap

They show $131 for an Atom-based "low end" machine with a Foxconn 45CS mobo.

Plus, PIII 700mHz 256MB notebooks for $60:

Edit 02/2014 - the link originally posted no longer exists...
by mechmike
Wed 07 Oct 2009, 16:45
Forum: Eye Candy
Topic: 1000 Free Farm-Fresh Web Icons
Replies: 0
Views: 4368

1000 Free Farm-Fresh Web Icons

Licensed Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 and courtesy of FatCow web hosting:

http://www.fatcow.com/free-icons/
Icon set includes both 16 and 32 pixel versions of icons... Images have been saved in PNG format on transparent backgrounds for your convenience.
by mechmike
Sat 01 Aug 2009, 22:17
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Puppy needs a font pack
Replies: 25
Views: 19151

disciple wrote:And this magazine regularly makes lists of their favourite new free (I think as in beer) fonts http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/11 ... al-design/
They have an entire topic dedicated to this:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/category/fonts/
by mechmike
Sat 01 Aug 2009, 15:40
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Making it easier for non-technical Windows users
Replies: 2
Views: 2114

Making it easier for non-technical Windows users

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/2009/08/01/create-a-self-burner-package-for-iso-files/ If you had to deal with people who doesn’t know how to burn an ISO image file, here is an idea to make things easier for them instead of guiding them over the phone. You can make a self burning package for an...
by mechmike
Sat 01 Aug 2009, 00:38
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Cheap machines ideal for Puppy
Replies: 153
Views: 148046

No hard drive, $40

Dell Optiplex GX P4 2.6, CD-ROM, no hard drive, 512MB RAM, $40 USD:

Edit 02/2014 - the link originally posted no longer exists...
by mechmike
Fri 31 Jul 2009, 20:50
Forum: Hardware
Topic: Cheap machines ideal for Puppy
Replies: 153
Views: 148046

How about a cheap 15.4" notebook?

Edit 02/2014 - the link originally posted no longer exists... $250 USD Features/Specifications: Everex gBook2 VA1501V VIA C7-M 1.5 GHz 15.4-inch Notebook General Features: Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (hardy heron) pre-installed VIA C7-M 1.5 GHz processor 400 MHz Front Side Bus 512 MB DDR2 SDRAM (2 GB max. sup...
by mechmike
Thu 16 Jul 2009, 02:54
Forum: Wireless
Topic: wireless / wifi cards confirmed to work in puppy - OLD LIST
Replies: 185
Views: 355424

Re: $11.99 at meritline

http://www.meritline.com/ieee-802-11g-wireless-mini-usb-pen-drive.html REALTEK 8187 Chipset, works with Puppy 4.1.1 on my notebook. They run coupons periodically where you can buy this for $10 shipped in the US... Here's the latest cheap RT8187L version: http://www.meritline.com/wireless-mini-usb-2...
by mechmike
Sun 10 May 2009, 00:36
Forum: Wireless
Topic: Marvell 8335X weirdness
Replies: 1
Views: 1620

OK, booted from CD, deleted old pup_save.2fs, connected via ndiswrapper, saved the connection, and saved a new pup_save.2fs file and all is well. I somehow wound up with two of these, one in /mnt/home, and one in /mnt/home/puppy412. I also had extra .sfs files in each place. Everything's in /mnt/hom...
by mechmike
Sat 09 May 2009, 23:02
Forum: Wireless
Topic: Marvell 8335X weirdness
Replies: 1
Views: 1620

Marvell 8335X weirdness

Puppy 4.1.2, frugal install on an old Toshiba 1715XCDS notebook. 600 Celeron, 192MB RAM. 2 GB partition formatted ext2, 1 GB swap. PCMCIA wireless card is a 3com 3CRGPC10075, which uses the aforementioned Marvell 8335X chipset. Before I did the install, I was running off of the 4.1.2 CD. The Marvell...