no built-in wifi, or DSL connection. and no land line
Posted: Tue 11 Oct 2011, 23:21
This is an IBMThinkpad 770 running Win98. I just installed puppy on iit according to this: http://www.freeveda.org/linux/puppy/PupWin98.htm and it works just fine. But I have no way to connect to the internet with it. I have DSL , but the computer doesn't have a cat5 connection. I have a Belkin USB network adapter F5D7050 (FCC ID: K7S F5D7050 B), My desktop - running Mint10 - identifies this as using the rt73usb driver module) and there is a USB slot.
There is also a PCMCIA slot into which I can insert my Linksys pcmcia card (PCM200). But how to make any of this work eludes me.
According to the instructions by which I installed Puppy, I have version 1.0.7 I have downloaded to my other computer a driver which is said to work on version 2.????, (for the Belkin USB device) But I don't know how to install a pet package from floppy. And I don't know if it will work once it is installed.
There is also a PCMCIA slot into which I can insert my Linksys pcmcia card (PCM200). But how to make any of this work eludes me.
According to the instructions by which I installed Puppy, I have version 1.0.7 I have downloaded to my other computer a driver which is said to work on version 2.????, (for the Belkin USB device) But I don't know how to install a pet package from floppy. And I don't know if it will work once it is installed.