On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 02:27:12PM -0500, billy ball wrote:
> benjamin - depends on where you are? i'd be more than happy to do an 
> install/setup of 1.5.X w/audio for you...

Slightly off topic here: Why the 1.5.X preference?

> but you don't have to send the z50! a 340MB or 1GB microdrive is just 
> fine...  the 340s are going for about $40 or so new and the 1GBs are 
> running about $150 (about the same as the 2/4GB microdrives!)...

There's also the magicstor brand that seems a bit cheaper and
offers 2/4GB parts. 

> if you have a supported NIC, you *should* be able to do an install fairly 
> easily (i use an Adaptec SCSI PCMCIA and install via CD-ROM or from a 
> Kingston 2GB PCMCIA drive - haven't tried a network install)...
> 
> others may want to chime in here on the viability of a network install...

I've installed uneventfully with a 3com (or maybe it was my
megahertz xjack sm(4)) pcmcia card over the network. An old
10mbit pcmcia nic will run $5-10 second hand (ebay).

Steve