From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tbmoore Subject: Re: Which laptops are good for linux+packet(sound card) for County ARES? Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 11:20:10 -0400 Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3DB026AA.9060309@bealenet.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org Sounds like Thinkpad+Linux is a pretty good combination - I see there is a whole lot of stuff about it, like thinkpad-source & -base modules, and some others I saw which I can't find right now. I wonder if the audio levels problem is worse with this sound card? We are going to get TNC's, but the fewer boxes to tote & hook up, the better, I think (for Emergency Service). Thanks for the response. Boyd, KO4WK@arrl.net Pat Masterson wrote: > I have a 800 MHz Thinkpad. The sound card is crappy, and I can never get > the audio levels correct going from the radio. But it works great with a > real TNC like my KPC3+. > -pat > > On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, tbmoore wrote: > > >>We want to set up a laptop w/Linux and w/soundcard to do packet for >>our Emergency Service for the Caroline County ARES net in Virginia. >> >>What brand/model do you recommend? Can we do it with an used laptop in >>the $500 range? Is the IBM Thinkpad 600 a good one? Thanks. >> >>Boyd KO4WK@arrl.net >>-- >>T. Boyd Moore >>Zech 4:6 KO4WK@ARRL.NET >> > >