Laptops from System76 and Framework are always advertising that they work well with Linux, but that's NOTHING compared to this.
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Laptops from System76 and Framework are always advertising that they work well with Linux, but that's NOTHING compared to this.
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the funny thing about this computer? it's one of the first ones I've seen at ewaste that has CLEARLY been opened up to take the hard drive out.
why is that funny? it doesn't have a hard drive. This is a solid state/floppy PC, no hard drive included.
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they still left personal info on it, though.
I KNOW ABOUT YOUR SPANISH BAND'S CD RELEASE!
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This is a brother Personal Digital Notebook.
A very dirty one that's missing most of the screws. -
Inside.
It's a GeoBook 10.4" Color! -
So this was a computer designed for people who just needed something cheap to do word processing and the like. The details on the specs are rare, but apparently it has 5 megabyte of ROM, 4 megabyte of RAM, and 1 megabyte of flash storage.
Since this is the NB-80C, it's got a 10.4" 640x480 color LCD. (the NB-60 has a 9.4" 640x480 greyscale LCD) -
IT LIVES!
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Yeah here's our main menu. The obvious office stuff, internet, file manager, preferences, calculator.
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hey look, the file manager says there's a command.com on the F:\
Does that mean this is just running on top of DOS?
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Yep it sure is.
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made a DOS 6.22 bootdisk. Let's see if it'll boot that.
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nope. it doesn't seem to boot off floppies.
But I was able to use the command.com from it to finally check the memory. Yep, 4mb.
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I ran some tests. System Information says it's a 33mhz 386SX.
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GEOS's mouse config says you can switch to an external serial mouse.
also look at these lovely GUI markers. vaguely CDE?
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the first serial mouse I plug in appears to have dead horizontal tracking. god damn it.
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Jordan :ms_nonbinary_flag:replied to Foone🏳️⚧️ last edited by
@foone oh, bother
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@foone Gotta ask... how is that a mouse? As in, where are the left and right mouse buttons? Also, it just looks downright uncomfortable to use...
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@kbkarma it's very uncomfortable to use! and the buttons are his eyebrows
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Foone🏳️⚧️replied to Jordan :ms_nonbinary_flag: last edited by
@jordan no, brother. brother made this laptop!
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Jonathan ‘theJPster’ Pallantreplied to Foone🏳️⚧️ last edited by
@foone how does a PS/2 mouse know a Serial adapter has been plugged in? Do they put a Serial signal into an otherwise unused pin?