Old Laptop, some life still in it - FREE!

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Posted by jgmdesign: Thu. Sep 9, 2021 - 11:42 PM
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Hey Ho All,

 

Cleaning out the lab more and more and came across an old laptop that belonged to my sister.  She wont need it anymore and I thought about giving it to my son to use in his shop to look up engine parts as he takes them apart, but he has enough current toys to use.

 

So, with teh biography out of the way, heres what it has:

 

Dell Lattitude E6500 CoreDuo 2.26GHz(yes, that old)

 

4Gig RAM

 

160GB hard drive

 

Battery still holds a charge

 

It had windows 10 on it, and it actually was rather snappy and everything worked.  I decided I wanted to play with Linux Mint and installed that on it.  Now the WiFi card does not work, and I really have no interest in trying to figure out why.

 

Here is teh beast:

 

In spite of its size(it weighs in at about 6 pounds), its not a bad machine really.

 

AND ITS FREE!!

 

It comes with a power supply/charger, and thats it.

 

Whoever wants it is welcome to it.  I only ask that you pay the shipping costs.  PM me with your shipping details(Address and carrier of choice) and I will reply with the cost to send.  Paypal only.

 

Cheers all, be well.

 

Bye

Jim

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Posted by gchapman: Fri. Sep 10, 2021 - 12:21 AM
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Welcome back!

(nearly a month?)

Take care!

 

"Dare to be naïve." - Buckminster Fuller

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Posted by ron_sutherland: Fri. Sep 10, 2021 - 12:50 AM
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jgmdesign wrote:
I decided I wanted to play with Linux Mint and installed that on it.  Now the WiFi card does not work, and I really have no interest in trying to figure out why.

 

You might try a live DVD from Ubuntu. I have an HP laptop that the WiFi (Intel) quit working after a Windows XP update. It did not work with Linux ether, I put it in storage for a few years and then tried it again after noting some Intel WiFi updates during another machine's update, and it was magically working again. It was only dumb luck that I noticed, but that is how I roll.

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Posted by jgmdesign: Fri. Sep 10, 2021 - 01:11 AM
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ron_sutherland wrote:
You might try a live DVD from Ubuntu.

 

I wrote:

jgmdesign wrote:
I really have no interest in trying to figure out why.

 

I am clearing clutter, and I am keeping as many of my CPU interrupts disabled as possible.

 

gchapman wrote:

Welcome back!

(nearly a month?)

Take care!

 

Ha Ha.

 

Jim

I would rather attempt something great and fail, than attempt nothing and succeed - Fortune Cookie

 

"The critical shortage here is not stuff, but time." - Johan Ekdahl

 

"Step N is required before you can do step N+1!" - ka7ehk

 

"If you want a career with a known path - become an undertaker. Dead people don't sue!" - Kartman

"Why is there a "Highway to Hell" and only a "Stairway to Heaven"? A prediction of the expected traffic load?"  - Lee "theusch"

 

Speak sweetly. It makes your words easier to digest when at a later date you have to eat them ;-)  - Source Unknown

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Posted by WayneZA: Fri. Sep 10, 2021 - 07:33 AM
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That would make a very nice little entry level dev box for MCU's for a newbie! Jim's kindness offering it to the community is always good to see.

 

The Dell kit is pretty rock solid stuff too. Not the highest performance of all machines but I have seen them go almost forever. yes

Wayne

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Posted by MarkThomas: Fri. Sep 10, 2021 - 03:07 PM
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Hi Jim.  Glad to see you back!  We were worried about what happened to you, even if you are a little weird.  Unlike myself, of course.

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Posted by frog_jr: Fri. Sep 10, 2021 - 03:25 PM
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MarkThomas wrote:
...you are a little weird.  Unlike myself, of course.

So, you finally admit you are a lot weird!? devil

David

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Posted by grohote: Fri. Sep 10, 2021 - 04:21 PM
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Only missing is AS7- Jim make you an offer you can't refuse!

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Posted by MarkThomas: Fri. Sep 10, 2021 - 07:22 PM
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frog_jr wrote:
So, you finally admit you are a lot weird!?

 

It's kinda hard to deny.

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Posted by Heisen: Fri. Sep 10, 2021 - 10:45 PM
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I would have taken it, but my country does not allow import of second hand electronic items because they consider it as an e-waste thing, due to our large current e-waste problem. (also very high population) 

 

When we are lucky, sometimes stuff like this gets custom clearance easily, I guess it only happens when things are small in size / doesn't have much value / custom officer can't identify the stuff, but this is large and heavy, this will certainly be blocked.

 

To the one who ends up getting it -

 

Just replace it's HDD with SSD and enjoy the blistering speed. smiley

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Posted by gchapman: Fri. Sep 10, 2021 - 11:17 PM (Reply to #10)
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Heisen wrote:
... but my country does not allow import of second hand electronic items because they consider it as an e-waste thing, due to our large current e-waste problem. (also very high population)
A large population aids as e-recycling can be organic.

fyi, two operations in your nation :

Global Locations - Electronics Recycling and ITAD (Sims Lifecycle Services)

[mid-page, left column]

edit : Tennessee

How 6 Million Pounds Of Electronic Waste Gets Recycled A Month | Big Business - YouTube (9m43s)

 

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Posted by Jeckson: Mon. Sep 13, 2021 - 09:13 AM
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Due to shipping cost,Wonder how much with regular post office shipment.no

www.tokopedia.com/madagang cheap and free worldwide shipping

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Posted by grohote: Mon. Sep 13, 2021 - 11:03 AM
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You can see now and then a shipping charges of 340 USD for sending a letter of E-stuff from USA to EU.

 

Edit: 8p dip chip:

 

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Posted by Jeckson: Mon. Sep 13, 2021 - 05:05 PM
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Microchip had solution.The kits assemblef in Malaysia which is nearby Indonesia.yesyesyes I though that shipping from US to EU cheaper than Asia/Australia ? Once at EU shipping to Asia only with Stamp price.yesyesyes

www.tokopedia.com/madagang cheap and free worldwide shipping

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Posted by MarkThomas: Mon. Sep 13, 2021 - 06:34 PM
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In response to #13, I often see large shipping cost associated with a low retail price.  The total is the same as the offers with free and low shipping.  If I knew how much that Broadcom device is worth, the giant shipping may make sense with a $17 price.

 

I recently sent a two+ pound package to a friend in Switzerland containing a little board I made, a bunch of spare discrete components, a little breadboard, a Nano, and a roll of wire that has been bugging me sitting on top of the wire box that I just wanted to get rid of.  It went USPS from SF, and arrived DHL in Switzerland, and it cost me $44.  

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Posted by softdevpl: Fri. Sep 17, 2021 - 02:46 PM
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You should just look for information on any mint forums: https://forums.linuxmint.com

 

Also you can try to install Ubuntu Linux

 

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