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Old 13th Jan 2019, 9:01 pm   #34
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Default Re: Dell CPi 233ST laptop

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Originally Posted by Oldcodger View Post
No it's actually got a DVD player. One option is to see if my daughter has my old WiFi dongle that I know will run on ancient laptops and see if I can access the wifi printer over the house WiFi.
Remember that you'll need something that has drivers for the OS you choose to use, and you'll probably be limited to WET encryption.

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The modem ( should anyone recognise it) is a XIRCOM Credit card Ethernet + Modem 33.6, with unusual edge type connectors. I'd suspect it's an old 33.6 KB data moden, but how to connect /
Xircom were big players in the PCMCIA/CardBus communications card market. It'll either have pop-out connectors for Ethernet (8P8C) and phone line (6P4C), or you'll need the matching dongle.
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