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Answer» This may seem like a crazy question, but.... My friend gave me a LAPTOP ( A "Thinkhead") It is old, obviously. I have gotten on the craze of wiping clean the computers that are given to me, and making them a part of my network. Well, this one has a phone jack for dial-up, but nothing that an Ethernet cable can plug into. Is there an adapter or some way that I can plug DSL into this antique? Any help will be appreciated......Yeah, you just need Ethernet PCMCIA Laptop Card, like this: QUOTE from: Broni on December 05, 2007, 01:16:18 PM Yeah, you just need Ethernet PCMCIA Laptop Card, like this: It's just a GENERIC card that I can get at Best Buy?? Thanks so MUCH.....Yeah, you can get it almost anywhere. Just ASK for Laptop Ethernet Card. I don't know how old your laptop is, so make sure, it has a slot for expansion card. If you give me its brand, and model number, we can try to find out.A Twinhead laptop Slimnote VX2 Model No:P88T S/N H1206534 It does have that slot. Also, I have a Windows XP disk that I want to install, but I cannot boot it from the drive to replace the old O/S... Any ideas?? I'm new to a good majority of this stuff.... Quote It does have that slot. Then, you're all set. Quote Also, I have a Windows XP disk that I want to install, but I cannot boot it from the drive to replace the old O/S... To your advantage, it'd be the best, if you start a new topic about it.Thanx so far for your help and patience.....Any time

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This may seem like a crazy question, but....

My friend gave me a LAPTOP ( A "Thinkhead") It is old, obviously.
I have gotten on the craze of wiping clean the computers that are given to me, and making them a part of my network.

Well, this one has a phone jack for dial-up, but nothing that an Ethernet cable can plug into. Is there an adapter or some way that I can plug DSL into this antique?

Any help will be appreciated......Yeah, you just need Ethernet PCMCIA Laptop Card, like this:

QUOTE from: Broni on December 05, 2007, 01:16:18 PM

Yeah, you just need Ethernet PCMCIA Laptop Card, like this:

It's just a GENERIC card that I can get at Best Buy??

Thanks so MUCH.....Yeah, you can get it almost anywhere. Just ASK for Laptop Ethernet Card.
I don't know how old your laptop is, so make sure, it has a slot for expansion card.
If you give me its brand, and model number, we can try to find out.A Twinhead laptop
Slimnote VX2
Model No:P88T
S/N H1206534
It does have that slot.

Also, I have a Windows XP disk that I want to install, but I cannot boot it from the drive to replace the old O/S...
Any ideas??
I'm new to a good majority of this stuff.... Quote

It does have that slot.

Then, you're all set.

Quote

Also, I have a Windows XP disk that I want to install, but I cannot boot it from the drive to replace the old O/S...

To your advantage, it'd be the best, if you start a new topic about it.Thanx so far for your help and patience.....Any time

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