[Coco] Laptop Conversion for Coco

[Mark Marlette]

At 10:26 PM 2/2/2005, you wrote:

Steve,

Do the laptop(s) have a PCMCIA port? 68 pin slot a bit larger than the size 
of a credit card.

Not much of an emulator guy. I have most of them but I spend most of my 
time on the real thing.

So far none of them are like the real thing...... Some better than others. 
Jeff's debugger is GREAT.

Mark



>I'm looking for some advice from the hardware experts here.

>

>I have two old IBM 360CSE laptops with decent hard drives, one running Win 

>3.1 and the other running Win95, and both having floppy access only - no 

>CD drives.  I want to be able to make at least one of these into a Coco 

>emulator to take on the road with me.  Right now neither can access the 

>internet - no modem nor network card.

>

>As a first step in the conversion to an emulated Coco, I'd like to have 

>internet connectivity so I can download emulator files.  Is there a 

>network card made for these old laptops?  I'm sure there has to be a modem 

>available for slow speed access.  Where would I look (eBay?), and what do 

>I look for?  I'd prefer a broadband connection via network card, but will 

>settle for a modem if that is the only available option.  I do have a 

>fairly bulky interface kit to connect optional equipment to these laptops, 

>but an internal network card or modem would be preferred.

>

>Mark, can Cloud 9 get any of these parts, or do this conversion for me?

>

>Thanks everyone for the help!

>

>-- Steve --

>

>

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