Recent content by 3nik

It's an RTL8139 card. After writing the post above I had a look at my Plan9 Thinkpad and remembered it's got a CD-RW so I should manage to burn then get the drivers loaded in that way. I've actually got a PCI FW 400 card I got for a PC-build project that I never did, so I might get round to...

Now I have my PCI-Ethernet card fitted, how would I go about getting the drivers installed, and in fact any tips on any tech info generally? I'm techy enough to be into Linux, Plan9 and happy with -nix terminal command-line. Once fitted, I did some random clicking in Control Panels to see if...

ta again, I wouldn't try OSX on it, but I seem to remember 9.2.2 being much better behaved on the iMac than the 8's. I should try to max up the RAM too. I bought a stick off eBay before which didn't register in the 5500, so I presumed it was duff, I'll try again. I like the chime and the extra...

Thanks, that's great, I take it 8.1 is as high as it'll go, then. I'll see if I've got 10 pesetas lying around anyway and meander down eBay ;-)

Hi, I just found this site and it seems alive: it has recent posts, so I registered. Recently I dragged out my 5500/225 which I was given maybe 15 years ago. Soon after getting it I updated it to 7.6.1, which, according to release notes I shouldn't have. I can't remember how I did it, I guess...