Thursday, 31 May 2007

Bits for my old laptop

The good news is it's not difficult to get replacement ancillaries for that old Acer 735C.

The other good news is it's definitely Unix-capable, as it's a 486SX-33. I can remember the years I used NeXTStep as my primary operating system on that spec of PC.

The bad news is a new PSU is $60 plus shipping. And a new battery is $90 plus shipping. Assuming shipping is in the region of $20-30, that's starting to be a significant lump of money. What else could I buy for £90? I could get my Psion 5MX repaired.

(In fact, I ought to do that anyway, so I can take a big pile of ebooks with me on holiday).

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