[plug] Want an old Vostro 1520?

[Gregory Orange]

Do you mean internally as opposed to PATA? I imagine so. Or do you mean eSATA? It has a Firewire port, USB ports, and an SD card slot, but no eSATA.


On 27/4/20 4:42 pm, Andrew Innes wrote:
> Does it have sata?
> It might be really good as a NAS.
> 
> On Mon, 27 Apr 2020, 16:19 Gregory Orange, <home at oranges.id.au <mailto:home at oranges.id.au>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi PLUGgers,
> 
>     I've got an old laptop to be rid of, that's been collecting dust for a while. Does anyone want it?
> 
>     Dell Vostro 1520
>     Windows 7 32bit
>     4GB RAM
>     Intel Core 2 Duo P7570 2.26GHz
>     250GB HDD
>     Gigabit Ethernet
>     Broadcom WiFi
>     failed battery
>     has power supply
> 
>     Are you interested in using it for anything? I've booted it up in a Lubuntu live image and dmesg says I have to download the correct firmware for the Broadcom BCM4312 WiFi to work, but it also has Gigabit Ethernet.
> 
>     Cheers,
>     Greg.
> 
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Gregory Orange