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  • Re: Framework laptop

    From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Nightfox on Fri Nov 28 00:43:11 2025
    Re: Re: Framework laptop
    By: Nightfox to Denn on Thu Nov 27 2025 09:28 am

    How early? I built a computer for someone in 2017 and added a PCI Express wifi card, and it had an antenna. Also I built a new computer for myself in 2019 and the motherboard has wifi built-in, and it has a couple of antennas.


    I remember inheriting some old Orinoco gear in 2004 or so -- a 802.11b AP with no ethernet ports, a handful of Orinoco "silver" cards, which only did 56 bit WEP, or maybe WPA...

    One of the cool things I got was a PCI card with a PCMCIA slot - the slot stuck out the back of the card, so the antenna of a wireless card stuck outside of the case.

    I remember being excited about 11 mbps. How far we've come...

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Denn on Fri Nov 28 09:39:57 2025
    Re: Re: Framework laptop
    By: Denn to Nightfox on Thu Nov 27 2025 02:51 pm

    Didn't realize they were still making WiFi Cards and dongles with antena'e most newer computers lik my new laptop have great wifi with no ext antena's.

    I bought a pre-built HP desktop PC in early 2009 that had wifi with an internal antenna (it was basically a wire with an exposed end that was wrapped around internally). I think that was the only PC I had with a wifi antenna like that.

    Nightfox

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  • From Rob Mccart@VERT/CAPCITY2 to DENN on Sat Nov 29 08:58:02 2025
    I didn't even know they had those for Laptops. Is that just a range extender for WiFi or something else?

    Early WiFi dongles and cards had an antena. I still have a couple of
    >those in my computer graveyard.

    I actually have a card with an antenna for a Desktop system, but it's
    a little easier to set that up since the card ends are right at the
    back of the case. Not quite the same with a Laptop..

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  • From Warp 4@VERT/KLYNTAR to Rob Mccart on Tue Dec 9 09:05:00 2025
    On 12 Nov 2025, Rob Mccart said the following...

    looks a little more robust than anything else I've seen other than
    the true military laptops you see in use by military and police swat
    teams on TV shows.

    yeah, our local ambulance company uses these kinds of laptops when they are taking patients to the hopital for information gathering. Pretty nice looking machines.

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  • From Rob Mccart@VERT/CAPCITY2 to WARP 4 on Thu Dec 11 09:13:48 2025
    looks a little more robust than anything else I've seen other than
    the true military laptops you see in use by military and police swat
    teams on TV shows.

    yeah, our local ambulance company uses these kinds of laptops when
    >they are taking patients to the hopital for information gathering.
    >Pretty nice looking machines.

    Yes, mine isn't nearly as fancy but I figure anything to make it a
    little more sturdy than average is a good thing. It doesn't look
    too bad but it obviously wasn't designed to be slim and beautiful.

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  • From Robert Wolfe@VERT/KLYNTAR to ROB MCCART on Fri Dec 19 11:34:00 2025
    Yes, mine isn't nearly as fancy but I figure anything to make it a
    little more sturdy than average is a good thing. It doesn't look
    too bad but it obviously wasn't designed to be slim and beautiful.

    As long as it works.
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