Discussions on vintage and retrocomputing
They keep this 20+ year old laptop around because it has a serial port and every now and then that comes in handy.
You can't really see it in the picture but the laptop is pretty thick and heavy.
For some reason otherwise obsolete setups that live on for a specific purpose please me. But also you can get a USB to serial device on the cheap.
Edit: Just noticed the community this is in. So I guess... live on niche XP laptop!
I love xp. I wish that windows just kept the same look and overall style but with security updates.
Makes me think....Shouldn't there be a Linux theme to accomplish that?
Oh yeah! https://lunduke.substack.com/p/make-linux-look-exactly-like-windows-210
Thank you for the link! I know what I’m gonna do for the next hour or so
Yeah. This is going to be me weekend.
Why not just use a USB-TTY adaptor?
Oh, a D6x0. 620 was my first ever company laptop! I loved it. Easily swappable cd-rom, you could change it to an additional 4cell battery. Combined with a 9 cell one it lasted basically the whole work day.