[svlug] OT: Cheap PC-DOS laptop

[Bill Ward]

You will almost certainly need to replace the CMOS battery on any ancient
laptops you find, and probably the main battery as well.

On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:21 PM, JC Lawrence <claw at kanga.nu> wrote:

> It has been a long time since I've wandered this list.  Given the
> recent threads on old hardware, perhaps you can help me on another
> ancient hardware project?
>
> I have need of a laptop to run a single, relatively small and
> undemanding PC/MS-DOS application.   For portability reasons, it has
> to be a laptop, and it should have an mobile PSU (I'll need to use it
> for 4-10 hour stretches at remote locations that have wall-sockets).
> I don't need the system to do anything else, just run that one
> application (and periodically get upgrades for that application).
> Running under Bochs is just fine (and even expected).  Running PC/MS-
> DOS directly is also just fine.  I want to avoid any form of Windows
> (this is a text-mode application that runs full-screen), thus the
> willingness to run Bochs under say, a micro-Linux install.  Screen and
> keyboard size aren't big questions as long as they aren't tiny.  I'm
> quite happy to entirely dedicate the entire laptop to this one
> application.
>
> And ideas of what to look for these days?  I'm thinking of running
> over to WeirdStuff and rooting about in the back...
>
> -- JCL
>
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