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> > > Compaq Presario 1200 XL106 (32MB onboard RAM, 64MB added - can take 128
> > > chip), 475MHz AMD-K6-2 cpu, combination video/sound chip with Trident
> > > video and via82cxxx_audio sound)
> >
> > As someone mentioned, this is not a very linux-compatible computer, but it
> > does work with pulp linux and sound, including mplayer.

It played radio all evening.  I keep finding more pls and m3u stations to
add to the little menu.  Working stations (one or two may be duds) and
the script fm (latest version) are at

http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/classrad/m/
Some of these are broadband.  I also posted a dialup-only package.

The laptop uses 18-25W electricity and powered external speakers another 
2-3 W.  (An LCD iMac 800MHz uses three times that).  Our stereo receiver 
uses 20W to play radio through smallish speakers.  The power cubes use 
1-2W each when not in use but plugged in.  We replaced the four-port hub 
with a much larger one and can have radios in every room.

On this Presario 1200:

> > However, Firefox 2 does not work (illegal instruction).
> > Opera 9 semi-works (menu is missing).
The colors are really scrambled - black areas, etc.

> > Seamonkey 1.1.19 works best (in 130% of the 96MB RAM)

I got it up to 160MB (32 + 128).

> Seamonkey crashed out of a site before I made a 200MB swap file.
It crashed a lot more with illegal instructions (trying to sign
into a mail site or google voice).


> BL2 works properly with all these browsers, and they load faster.
> The firefox 2 I used is from DSL, not pulp Firepup.
> Did not need swap (yet).

> If you must use this laptop with linux, use BL2 unless you want sound.
> They both fit easily even with Win98 on there.  5.5GB hard drive.

How complicated would it be to use alsa sound with BL2?

The Presario 1675 has developed some hardware problems recently.
First, it no longer recognizes memory in its one slot.
Second, the PCMCIA controller appears to have gone bad.  /etc/pcmcia/start 
informs me that it cannot find some bridge.
BL2 works apart from no internet connection.

Has anyone got USB wireless working with BL2?

I therefore attempted to run Pulp linux to test out a USB wireless card.
I set up LILO to boot to PULP as default, and copied the bootsector
to Win2K's boot.ini.  It booted to BL2 anyway.  I installed LILO to
floppy drive and this time it booted partway to Pulp but got stuck loading 
kernel drivers.  I don't know if the problem is due to the hardware or the 
hardware failures, but BL2 works other than on a network.  (Probably the 
modem would still work but we no longer have a landline phone for it).

This is two computers where BL2 works but puppy linux either won't boot or 
crashes with graphical browsers or the video is messed up.  Puppy Linux 
does not offer framebuffer X, which BL2 is using.  There is probably some 
way to add Xfbdev and use it instead of Xorg or Xvesa.

The same files for Opera 9.64 and Seamonkey 1.1.19 worked in BL2 but not 
in Pulp (Puppy) linux so it has to be a software problem.