Re: Laptop-based TDR meter

"Joerg" <notthisjoergsch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
news:Nah3k.6109$ZE5.4092@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> It's a Twinhead Durabook and I purposely selected that one because it's 
> ruggedized and carries legacy ****ts such as RS232.

I made a mistake and bought a "gaming" laptop towards the beginning of
this 
year.  It is fast with a great graphics card, but doesn't have a docking 
station nor an RS-232 ****t.

I replaced it with a used HP Compaq nw8440 
(http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12449_div/12449_div.HTML)
for 
$600 via eBay.  2.16GHz CPU, 2GB RAM, 1920x1200 15.4" (!) display, docking

****t, and RS-232.  It's a beautiful thing to behold, I tell you --
especially 
given the price!  I had assumed that when HP acquired Compaq all their 
"business" laptops would go away and therefore HP was only making cheesy 
low-end laptops... nice to have been wrong there...

---Joel