[ale] Wall wort for IBM 600x?

Mon Mar 8 16:19:33 EST 2010

I just saw the list price on that unit: $280

It is very similar to what I bought, but I know I didn't pay much over
$100.  Maybe $110.

Hunt around and hopefully you can get a much better deal than $280

Greg

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> It was definitely a LaCrosse that I found at CostCo.
>
> Maybe this WS-2317:
> <http://www.lacrossetechnology.com/2317/index.php>
>
> It's a very basic station, but you might want to join the yahoo group
> and ask some questions before you buy:
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Lacrosse_weather_stations/
>
> It comes with windows software, but I tried to just have my Dad's XP
> box talk to it.  Never ran more than a day or two even if nothing else
> was going on.
>
> You can use the SVN version of Open2300 to talk to it via Linux, but
> the output is very basic. Open2300 basically just polls the station
> every 10 minutes and records the info in a CSV file.  Then I built a
> simple webpage to display current and historical data from that log
> file.
>
> You can find the open2300 software at
> http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Open2300/WebHome
>
> Or I compiled up a few versions and have them on the Opensuse Build Service.
>
> Greg
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 2:48 PM, James Taylor
> <James.Taylor at eastcobbgroup.com> wrote:
>> What is the $100 weather station you got?
>> I'm looking for one for a kid's b'day present.
>> -jt
>>
>> James Taylor
>> The East Cobb Group, Inc.
>> 678-697-9420
>> james.taylor at eastcobbgroup.com
>> http://www.eastcobbgroup.com
>>
>>
>>>>> Greg Freemyer  03/08/10 1:41 PM >>>
>> I took an old laptop and hooked it up to a $100 weatherstation.  My
>> Dad now has a website where he can checkout the weather at his
>> vacation house.
>>
>> He's into the weather so he loves it.  If it goes down I always get a call.
>>
>> I ssh into it for admin purposes.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>> On 3/8/10, Charles Shapiro  wrote:
>>> Hah! Boots and Runs fine, memtestx86 reports clean. Boots Lose 2000 to
>>> a passwordless admin user. The CMOS battery appears either shot or not
>>> charged though, since I have to set the clock before it'll start.
>>>
>>> I found an update for the BIOS but alas the updater seems to require a
>>> functional main battery. acpi reports that the battery is not charging
>>> at all. A new one is, like, $35 on ebay. Looks like this machine'll
>>> run xubuntu just fine though -- minimum requirements are 192 mb and 2
>>> gb of disk space, this thing has 300+ mb of memory and a 20g hard
>>> drive installed.
>>>
>>> It seems to have a pcmcia slot, but the linux rescue CD isn't finding
>>> drivers for my Lenovo cardbus 11a/b/g adapter.  It's got a built-in
>>> modem but that appears to be about it.  Onboard sound seems to work
>>> ok.  It's even got a functional USB port or two.
>>>
>>> Another fun toy. Wonder what I can do with it.  Maybe it's the world's
>>> biggest, ugliest mp3 player.
>>>
>>> -- CHS
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Charles Shapiro
>>>  wrote:
>>>> Oops, wait, I have an R51 and it looks like the power supply is
>>>> compatible.  Now I know that the 600x boots ok to an old Windows 2000
>>>> installation.  I'm running memtest86 on it even as I speak.
>>>>
>>>> -- CHS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Charles Shapiro
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>> Hey, anyone have a power supply for an IBM Thinkpad 600x laptop (circa
>>>>> 2000 I think)?  I scored one recently without power supply. The
>>>>> supplies are available on EBay for around $10, but I wanted to verify
>>>>> that the box works before shelling out the dough. This is a P3 with
>>>>> (allegedly) 327 mb of RAM. I was gonna put Puppy Linux on it if it
>>>>> runs. The machine claims to want 16 V at 3 A through a round
>>>>> negative-outsied plug, FWIW. The battery, of course, is shot.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- CHS
>>>>>
>>>>
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