sambapati87
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I just received a really nice 2400c from an eBay purchase. It's 180mhz, running 9.1 on 80mb of RAM (I plan to put it on 8.6). It's in practically mint condition—I'm really amazed.
First question: sound. The startup chime works (though sort of sounds like it fades out a little at the end?)—but no system audio after boot will work. I've checked as many sound control panels as I can find, and can't get so much as a peep out of it.
Second question: PCMCIA ethernet. I have an Orinoco Gold card that I'll be using for WiFi, by enabling a security-less guest network on my router. (This router is WPA or nothing, so unfortunately it's going to be nothing for my 2400c as the Orinoco will only do WEP). However—I'd like to get an ethernet card as well. Will any old PCMCIA Ethernet card work, as long as it's not CardBus? I'm new to PC cards in general. There seem to be hundreds on eBay for less than $10: http://www.ebay.com/itm/XIRCOM-CEM33-PCMCIA-Credit-Card-Ethernet-10-100-PCMCIA-Lan-Adapter-33-6K-Modem-/131846868899?hash=item1eb2af8fa3:g:AhAAAOxy4fBTk17F. As I understand they are all basically clones of each other. What should I be looking for?
First question: sound. The startup chime works (though sort of sounds like it fades out a little at the end?)—but no system audio after boot will work. I've checked as many sound control panels as I can find, and can't get so much as a peep out of it.
Second question: PCMCIA ethernet. I have an Orinoco Gold card that I'll be using for WiFi, by enabling a security-less guest network on my router. (This router is WPA or nothing, so unfortunately it's going to be nothing for my 2400c as the Orinoco will only do WEP). However—I'd like to get an ethernet card as well. Will any old PCMCIA Ethernet card work, as long as it's not CardBus? I'm new to PC cards in general. There seem to be hundreds on eBay for less than $10: http://www.ebay.com/itm/XIRCOM-CEM33-PCMCIA-Credit-Card-Ethernet-10-100-PCMCIA-Lan-Adapter-33-6K-Modem-/131846868899?hash=item1eb2af8fa3:g:AhAAAOxy4fBTk17F. As I understand they are all basically clones of each other. What should I be looking for?
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