[OmniBook] 800CT & accessories on e-bay

Michael White michael.white at charter.net
Sun Mar 2 11:50:40 EST 2008


On Sunday 02 March 2008 07:58, Ed Padin wrote:
> Michael White wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > After several years of dis-use, I've decided to put my 800CT and all my
> > accessories I picked up on E-bay.  Comes with RedHat 8.0 installed, 80 MB
> > RAM, and a 4.3 GB hard drive. Includes lots of accessories and spares
>
> OB800's still tend to hold a lot of value (for a P166/133 laptop) and
> those with max RAM are hard to find. I bet this will fetch a handsome
> price.
>
> BTW, is this a P166 with the good graphics or the 133 with not-so-good
> graphics?
>
> I used to have mine actually running XP although it was very slow but I
> also managed to get win2k on it and it was reasonable. I also got an
> older wifi, non-cardbus card to work on it.  Probably Linux is the best
> choice for such a legacy platform.
>
> In the end I found that I used it less and less and sold it on Ebay many
> years ago.

It's the P166.  I really wish I had time to tinker with it.
-- 
Michael White         "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
                       fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer



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