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budokan · 01-23-2008, 02:46 AM

The dell CPi was not built "today", it's probably 10 or 12 years old!!

You will need to get a modem card to fit one of the two slots provided and you will need the correct drivers for it. ebay is probably as good as anywhere for this - a couple of pounds ($).

The battery is a different matter - £80 from Dell - dodgy from ebay. They are getting rare in good condition and plenty of unscrupulous people are selling faulty or very tired ones as "untested". You pays your money, you takes your choice!

I hope you're not expecting to run anything later than 98se on this machine. The maximum RAM (if you can afford it) is 250MB and the low processor speeds struggle to entertain XP or even 2000. Linux is undoubtedly the best choice for a machine of this age if you are not content with 98se.

Budokan

01-23-2008, 02:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
budokan Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 11 OS: XP	Re: rebuilt dell latitude cpi version a - questions The dell CPi was not built "today", it's probably 10 or 12 years old!! You will need to get a modem card to fit one of the two slots provided and you will need the correct drivers for it. ebay is probably as good as anywhere for this - a couple of pounds ($). The battery is a different matter - £80 from Dell - dodgy from ebay. They are getting rare in good condition and plenty of unscrupulous people are selling faulty or very tired ones as "untested". You pays your money, you takes your choice! I hope you're not expecting to run anything later than 98se on this machine. The maximum RAM (if you can afford it) is 250MB and the low processor speeds struggle to entertain XP or even 2000. Linux is undoubtedly the best choice for a machine of this age if you are not content with 98se. Budokan