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Name: atariangamer
Date: August 25, 2009 at 11:01:43 Pacific
OS: -undecided-
CPU/Ram: 900MHz Celeron/64MB SDRAM
Product: Toshiba / Satellite t2135cs
Subcategory: General
Comment:

*It is not the Toshiba, it is an eMachines*
I have an old computer (64MB RAM, 900MHz Celeron, CD drive, Floppy drive, USB, 20GB HDD). It has no built in networking, and the only included device is a modem card. It has a parallel port and a serial port, and I'm thinking of putting 98, 2000, or an early XP on it. Since Ethernet isn't available, and my main use would be file transfer and old gaming, what is my best bet?

Also, I will probably not be able to get anything from an online store, so if its available for cheap in a store, or can be home made, I'm open to suggestions.

Just a bit too reto



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Response Number 1
Name: MWCC
Date: August 25, 2009 at 12:44:42 Pacific
Reply:

The easiest solutiuon is to buy a PCI Network Card

or

http://www.computing.net/answers/wi...

http://www.lammertbies.nl/comm/cabl...


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Response Number 2
Name: Gamer126
Date: August 25, 2009 at 20:28:30 Pacific
Reply:

Either 98 or 2000, but defiantly not XP with only 64mb of ram.


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Response Number 3
Name: atariangamer
Date: August 29, 2009 at 11:45:31 Pacific
Reply:

Solved...I now have a PCI networking card.

Just a bit too reto


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