On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 03:44:46PM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > I'm going to be travelling in semi-wilderness and would like to take a > computer with me. Primarily for note-taking with vim, and when a > phone-line is available for email or google-searches with lynx. I don't > need X or GUI but if it was available then perhaps some light graphics > stuff like grabbing images from a digital camera or reading pdf files. > In any event, my processing requirements are basic (I can do all this on > my 486, except for the camera due to lack of USB). > > While a laptop would work, I've found that they generally aren't very > rugged and if something breaks then the whole thing is toast. I'm > thinking instead of putting together a tiny system that has built-in > graphics, a serial port for the modem (which could be on a USB dongle), > and USB, adding a small LCD screen and keyboard and putting it all in a > small pelican case. I guess it would be more along the lines of an old > portable computer (remember those?) rather than a laptop. I want it to > run regular Debian like my other systems rather than something like DSL > or other tiny distro. > > Has anyone here done anything like this? Any suggestions on a small > cheap case/MB? > > Thanks, Have you considered a pansonic toughbook (used being cheaper). On ebay an 800mhz for about 500 USD. If you want to only use one with no battery-- then maybe a shuttle xpc with 13" lcd? Thats a lot more expensive and harder to carry. =K -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! |
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