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I know there are some IT bods here, I wish to have e-mail access when
staying away from home. Sometimes I may be able to connect to a lan or
wireless lan in a b&b, others I might connect via people like my dad's
next door neighbour who have an open wireless broadband connection and
finally via Oranges gprs or csd. This last option looks expensive but
handy when camped on site.
I have figured how to get e-mail to my cellphone via gprs but it's
hard to read. So I need to find a means of getting it via the
cellphone to a laptop.
Currently the only laptop I use is a ibm thinkpad on w95 which runs
personal navigator with a garmin 12xl on the serial port on com1 but
at 200MB the hdd is at capacity. One problem is I know the m$ active
sync software for my motorola phone uses usb but fouls up the com
ports on my desktop, so want to avoid that and use the infra red port.
The cheap notebook computers seem to have no serial ports now, is a
usb -> serial port adapter just as functional as a serial port?
I take it the current solution of powering the laptop from an inverter
running from a cigar lighter socket is cheapest?
Otherwise where might I look for a basic notebook with dvd combo
drive, serial, infra red ports and ethernet and wireless cards
preferrably running on 12v, oh and a 15" screen. OH I also have a
preference for avoiding XP.
AJH
staying away from home. Sometimes I may be able to connect to a lan or
wireless lan in a b&b, others I might connect via people like my dad's
next door neighbour who have an open wireless broadband connection and
finally via Oranges gprs or csd. This last option looks expensive but
handy when camped on site.
I have figured how to get e-mail to my cellphone via gprs but it's
hard to read. So I need to find a means of getting it via the
cellphone to a laptop.
Currently the only laptop I use is a ibm thinkpad on w95 which runs
personal navigator with a garmin 12xl on the serial port on com1 but
at 200MB the hdd is at capacity. One problem is I know the m$ active
sync software for my motorola phone uses usb but fouls up the com
ports on my desktop, so want to avoid that and use the infra red port.
The cheap notebook computers seem to have no serial ports now, is a
usb -> serial port adapter just as functional as a serial port?
I take it the current solution of powering the laptop from an inverter
running from a cigar lighter socket is cheapest?
Otherwise where might I look for a basic notebook with dvd combo
drive, serial, infra red ports and ethernet and wireless cards
preferrably running on 12v, oh and a 15" screen. OH I also have a
preference for avoiding XP.
AJH
