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Author: Dennis Kibbe
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Subject: ancient laptop memory?
Dorian A. Monroe, II wrote:

> Hi folks!
>
> I’m trying to put my old Dell Latitude CPi P133 laptop to good use!
> I’ve installed ClarkConnect 2.0 on it, plus two pcmcia NICs (3c589c
> 10Mb cards) to have it function as a firewall/router/gateway for home.
> As it doesn’t have a cdrom, I did the ftp install from floppy, which
> worked great using the existing pcmcia nics (and a redhat 9.0 pcmcia
> driver disk), however I’m having problems getting it up and running,
> post installation. I believe it has something to do with
> ClarkConnect’s requirements of 64mb, of which I only have 32 (2x16)…
> **sigh** Anybody have a couple extra old 32MB laptop memory modules
> that may work in this beast? It’s a Pentium 133 -- With MMX
> Technology!! It’s not worth it for me to spend the $50 here:
>
> http://www.18004memory.com/searchmodel.asp?criteria=311-6359&oem_client=oem&exact_partial=exact
> <http://www.18004memory.com/searchmodel.asp?criteria=311-6359&oem_client=oem&exact_partial=exact>
>
> Thanks!!
>

Check eBay. If it uses standard laptops SIMMs you should be able to snag
it for no more than $25. I just picked up 64Mb for an old 233MMX Twinhead.

Dennis Kibbe