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From: jmk@plan9.bell-labs.com
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] laptop ethernet options
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:43:43 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f5cc8f0892c11c444324575c2b351c4d@plan9.bell-labs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7d3530220606281736k61e22504k7d9a78c0f468d81@mail.gmail.com>

the last nec laptop i used was a versa 6030x with
a pcmcia ethernet card. can you be more specific as to
the model?

On Wed Jun 28 20:36:56 EDT 2006, slawmaster@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi everybody.
> I have an old NEC laptop kicking around that I am *considering* as a Plan 9
> machine. However, it has absolutely no built-in networking devices. What is
> the status of Plan 9 with regards to wifi cards and usb wifi dongles? Would
> I be better off trying a card/dongle that provides wired ethernet?
> The lappy is a NEC Vectra something, so if anybody has had Plan 9 working on
> it, I'd like to know.
> Thanks
> 
> John
> -- 
> TANSTAAFL! (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch!)
> 


  reply	other threads:[~2006-06-29  1:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-29  0:36 John Floren
2006-06-29  1:43 ` jmk [this message]
2006-06-29 14:57   ` John Floren
2006-06-29 19:13     ` Steve Simon
2006-06-29 19:19       ` John Floren
2006-07-03 14:51         ` John Floren
2006-07-03 18:47           ` Steve Simon

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