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Old 09-05-2008, 01:34   #1
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hi folks,

has anybody got an old laptop kicking about that they dont need anymore that they can put my way???

i need one that runs windows 95 or higher, don't even need a cd drive but it must have an rs232 9 pin serial port so i can do the mapping on my emerald m3dk ecu for my felicia
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Old 11-05-2008, 13:44   #2
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hi folks,

has anybody got an old laptop kicking about that they dont need anymore that they can put my way???

i need one that runs windows 95 or higher, don't even need a cd drive but it must have an rs232 9 pin serial port so i can do the mapping on my emerald m3dk ecu for my felicia
RE the RS232 port, Im using a USB to RS232 (prolific usb to serial IIRC) converter I got off ebay, which works with vista + xp flawlessly - only cost me about five quid. Just that alot of laptops dont have RS232 ports unfortunatly

Hope that helps you out,
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Old 11-05-2008, 19:21   #3
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i bought a laptop with an rs232 port off ebay for £25... all sorted now
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Old 13-05-2008, 10:39   #4
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I have a compaq 286 you can take away!

Dont think its quite the spec your after but it might run dos 6.2 if your lucky!
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