I'm not sure what the differences, if any, there are between the Dell Latitude CP and
Latitude C is but I do like my Latitude C610.
The battery originally lasted 40 minutes when I got it 2 years (and 3 months) ago. Now it
lasts about 3 minutes! Just enough for Windows 2K SP4 to boot and show me the low power
icon :)
I did get a replacement battery, but it looks very dodgy - unofficial label, no
manufacturer markings etc. and the power ratings are slightly different to the official
battery.
Mine has 2 PCMCIA connectors, but I don't have anything to use them with :(
Anyway, the real reason I replied is that the PS/2 connection that I use my mouse with is
dodgy. Sometimes if I tuck on the mouse cord (sometimes when I just move the mouse!) a
little too much Windows stops moving the mouse pointer (I have disabled the touchpad as I
hate it, plus I had mouse drift). My current fix is to simply reboot my laptop, which can
be a pain.
Is there a quick fix, or do I have to replace the whole PS/2 connector?
I do have a compressed file of a sort of technical manual... which isn't all that
technical. When I increased my memory (from 256MB to 768MB) a while back the
"technical manual" didn't even specify the type of memory required!
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
--- On Thu, 28/5/09, Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> wrote:
These days, something like a Dell Latitude CP-series machine is free
or nearly so (but the battery packs are probably dead), and with
64MB-256MB, a built-in serial port, PCMCIA slots, etc., etc., it would
make a fine inexpensive dedicated terminal device.? Just watch out for
broken lids (the hinges are stronger than the plastic the case is made
out of).
With "that much" power, you aren't limited to DOS... I still have one
of these running RedHat9 and it does great.? The only real limitation
is how much physical memory you can (or can't) stuff in there.
-ethan
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