Well, since I sold the IBM A22M (P3, 512MB ram, DVDROM, AntiX 13.2). I used some of the money for some artic silver cpu paste and a lcd cable for my Panasonic CF-48 laptop (circa 2002) sitting on the shelf broken.
The install on the hard drive was a old 2011 AntiX aplha 3 Debian testing squeeze.
Long story short. Tore it apart, blew it out,
changed tim on cpu, replaced lcd cable from inverter and motherboaord to back of lcd screen, and made it a bobber/chopper laptop.
CDRW, Floppy, P4, 1.2 gig of ram, triple boot Lighthouse Puppy 4, Windows XP sp3, and AntiX 11 test 3. All current and updated. Running fast. Running good.
Took awhile for me to untangle the dist-upgrade snarls/knots first though.
Needed a better kernel also.
Code:
harry@bikertest3:~$ sux
Password:
bash: cannot set terminal process group (-1): Inappropriate ioctl for device
bash: no job control in this shell
root@bikertest3:/home/harry# inxi -zv7
System: Host: bikertest3 Kernel: 3.2.0-4-486 i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.6.3) Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7 dm: slim
Distro: antiX-M11- Jayaben Desai 12 April 2011
Machine: System: Matsushita product: CF-48V4HLUQM v: 004
Mobo: Matsushita model: CF48-4 v: 001 Bios: Phoenix K.K. v: V4.00L13 date: 12/12/2002
CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 Mobile (-UP-) cache: 512 KB
flags: (pae sse sse2) bmips: 2393 clocked at 1200 MHz
Memory: Array-1 capacity: 1.25 GB (est) devices: 1 EC: None max module size: 512 MB
Device-1: Onboard size: 256 MB (Double-bank) speed: N/A type: SDRAM (Synchronous)
bus width: 64 bits manufacturer: N/A part: N/A serial: N/A
Device-2: DIMM size: 1 GB (Double-bank) speed: N/A type: SDRAM (Synchronous)
bus width: 64 bits manufacturer: N/A part: N/A serial: N/A
Device-3: Flash ROM size: 512 kB speed: N/A type: Flash (Non-Volatile)
bus width: 8 bits manufacturer: N/A part: N/A serial: N/A
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ATI RV200 [Mobility Radeon 7500] bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:4c57
Display Server: X.org 1.12.4 driver: radeon tty size: 125x46 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Audio: Card Intel 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller
driver: snd_intel8x0 ports: 1c00 1880 bus-ID: 00:1f.5 chip-ID: 8086:2485
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: 1.0.24
Network: Card-1: Realtek RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
driver: 8139too v: 0.9.28 port: 4400 bus-ID: 02:02.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8139
IF: eth1 state: down mac: <filter>
Card-2: Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection
driver: ipw2200 v: 1.2.2kmprq bus-ID: 02:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:4223
IF: eth0 state: up mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter> IF: eth0 ip: <filter> ip-v6: N/A
IF: eth1 ip: N/A ip-v6: N/A
Drives: HDD Total Size: 100.0GB (25.5% used)
ID-1: /dev/sda model: FUJITSU_MHU2100A size: 100.0GB serial: NQ07T572F3DK temp: 41C
Optical: /dev/sr0 model: MATSHITA UJDA340 rev: 1.50 dev-links: cdrom1,cdrw1
Features: speed: 24x multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: no rw: cd-r,cd-rw state: running
Partition: ID-1: / size: 29G used: 6.4G (24%) fs: ext3 dev: /dev/sda3
label: N/A uuid: 3fe7d362-f455-43a0-9eb6-d60231f24be2
ID-2: /mnt/hda1 size: 15G used: 8.8G (60%) fs: fuseblk dev: /dev/sda1
label: N/A uuid: 1A20A02E20A01335
ID-3: /mnt/hda6 size: 7.9G used: 3.3G (45%) fs: ext3 dev: /dev/sda6
label: / uuid: 93317189-8b9c-440a-9224-0799fa567f9b
ID-4: /mnt/hda7 size: 41G used: 4.0G (10%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda7 label: /Data1 uuid: 4B5F-B945
ID-5: swap-1 size: 1.55GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda5
label: N/A uuid: 38d34375-a4c6-4fda-bcc7-736eeb487061
RAID: No RAID data: /proc/mdstat missing-is md_mod kernel module loaded?
Unmounted: No unmounted partitions detected
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 64.8C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 91 Uptime: 1:15 Memory: 287.8/1263.8MB
Init: SysVinit v: 2.88 runlevel: 5 default: 5 Gcc sys: 4.7.2 alt: 4.4/4.5/4.6
Client: Shell (bash 4.2.371 running in roxterm) inxi: 2.2.4
root@bikertest3:/home/harry# inxi -r
Repos: Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list
deb http://linux.dropbox.com/debian wheezy main
root@bikertest3:/home/harry# glxgears
415 frames in 5.0 seconds = 82.969 FPS
459 frames in 5.0 seconds = 91.712 FPS
463 frames in 5.0 seconds = 92.510 FPS
437 frames in 5.0 seconds = 87.231 FPS
442 frames in 5.0 seconds = 88.286 FPS
435 frames in 5.0 seconds = 86.964 FPS
The wallpaper signifies one can take a old 1950's motorcycle frame, install a new drivetrain, disc brakes, and end up
with a fine machine. With a little imagination. I do the same with computers.
Probably why someone bought my IBM A22m. They wanted a pre-built custom antique linux laptop that ran good.
Not bad for a 2002 laptop with a internal Floppy drive in it that runs wirelessly.
Maybe I'll find a good battery for it later. This one is good for about 20 minutes.
It will go on the table with the other shop towers and I will let the biker bros play with it also.
The M/C shop is back up to 3 computers again.
I know some of you are thinking, "WHY?". Since it is so old and why bother.
Some folks are born tinkerers. Some not. I just like to fix things.
I live a in a different world and lifestyle than most linux users.
So what others here consider kinda wtf.
Well out here being pragmatic and living with run with what you brung is just fine and dandy.
