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bark_bark_bark

Well what I've learned from my post about the HP Pavilion, I need to upgrade RAM. Now I just got my first laptop on Friday (a new-to-me laptop). It has 64MB RAM but it can go up to 256MB (and that is what I'll get). But the internel 4GB IDE HDD, just won't cut it (I am ordering soon a new HDD for it). So what version of puppy was it again I should use?

PS: Where can I find replacement battery packs for a 1997 laptop?

sfeeley · Joined: 14 Feb 2010 Posts: 807

I think the top suggestions would be:

Wary
Classic Pup 2.14x
Akita
Lucid Retro

you can probably find the download files by typing "puppy linux" and the distribution name into a google search

starhawk · Posted: Mon 18 Jun 2012, 12:25 Post subject:

Get the battery on eBay. If they don't have it, it doesn't exist.

Oh, right. Remanufactured and "generic" batteries are A-OK, but don't expect them to last more than a year or so. There's a reason they're cheaper than the genuine article!

I'd put puplite5 or turbopup on that thing. You can find both of those (along with Akita and ClassicPup) on these forums. If you want to use Wary or Lucid Retro (I *think* Lucid Retro is an "official" version... if not, it's here with the others) then google "wary puppy linux" or "lucid retro puppy linux" etc.

rokytnji · Joined: 20 Jan 2009 Posts: 744 Location: Pecos/ Texas

I am expecting another IBM A22M laptop from a Ubuntu forum member who is shipping it to via UPS. He kindly offered it to me for price of shipping. I fix up old laptops and Desktops and give them to senior citizens here in my area. Last Desktop I gave away with monitor, keyboard, and mouse was a IBM M41 to a senior lady.

I don't know what size of ram yet or processor speed (they came in all different cpu speed and ram sizes). The screen cable probably needs re-seating (flickering screen I was told). When I test it out. I will probably use one of my Macpup or Diamond Linux pendrives in conjunction with a PLOP floppy I made to test it out. Then test it (the cd drive) out with a Puppy 2.14xxx found here on the forum ( I burned a cd).

I have a couple 256MB pc100 sdram sticks I think somewhere in a drawer if I need them (I think, unless I gave them away already).

Cheap new Batteries on ebay come all from China. At least that is where my 5400mah battery for my IBM T23 came from. It is good for 2 hours running AntiX 11. It has been good so far for 6 months with no drain.

Dewbie · Joined: 15 Apr 2010 Posts: 1419

starhawk wrote:

starhawk · Posted: Mon 18 Jun 2012, 21:43 Post subject:

There are, to my knowledge, exactly TWO puplets which will not accept standard *.pet packages. They are Fatdog64 and Lighthouse64.

Any standard *.pet will work under any other Puplet, with one slight complication: if you use eg a wary pet under eg lucid (or vice versa) you will probably have to chase down some libraries (*.so files -- the ones with the number at the end are nearly always symlinks to a different *.so with no numbers). If you can handle chasing down libs, then you should be fine.

One other thing. Some *.pets are not quite backwards compatible. You will get an error if you try to install a 5** .pet in TurboPup, because TurboPup is really a modified Puppy4** (Puppy 420 to be precise). All you do then is convert to a *.tar.gz archive (in the right-click menu) and then unarchive it. There are folders inside which mimic the Puppy filesystem structure and thus tell you where to put stuff for a manual install. Drag'n'drop never was easier. Then run the app in terminal (rxvt) to make sure that you're not missing stuff. If it runs, it's good.

rokytnji · Joined: 20 Jan 2009 Posts: 744 Location: Pecos/ Texas

Well. Just got this laptop in

bark_bark_bark · Posted: Wed 20 Jun 2012, 21:09 Post subject:

Okay, I think I am going to use Lucid Retro. I am getting a new PCMCIA Ethernet Card for FREE.

RetroTechGuy · Joined: 15 Dec 2009 Posts: 2301 Location: USA