Table 1.5 The Condensed Results of the Linux Laptop Survey, as of April 1997
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| Laptop Make and Model
| CPU
| Max battery
| Power Cons.?
| Notes
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| AcerNote 350
| Pentium/100
| 2 hours
| Yes
| NE200 Ethernet, modem work; APM does not
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| AMS PN325
| 486/66
| 2 hours
| Yes
| None
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| AMS SoundPro
| 486/50
| 3 hours
| Yes
| X is balky
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| AMS TravelPro 5300
| 486/66
| 1.5–2 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA IC-card Ethernet works
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| AMS TravelPro 5366
| 486/66
| 1 hour
| n/a
| None
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| ARM TS30A
| 486DX4/100
| 2.5–3 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA PreMax 14.4 modem works
|
| AST Advantage! Explorer
| 486sx/25
| 2–3 hours
| Yes
| None
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| AST PowerExec 4/25
| 486sx/25
| n/a
| yes
| PCMCIA D-link works; PCMCIA Intel 1440 does not
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| AST PowerExec
| 486/33SL
| 2–3 hours
| Yes
| None
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| AT&T Globalyst 200S
| 486DX4/75
| 2 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA works
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| AT&T Globalyst 250
| 486DX4/100
| 2 hours
| Yes
| Microphone works
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| Austin Active Color
| 486/66
| 2 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA D-Link DE-650 works
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| Austin 33MHz Mono (Arima)
| 486/33
| 3 hours
| Yes
| Internal modem works
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| Austin DX66-2 (Arima)
| 486/66
| 2 hours* | Yes
| None
|
| Austin/IPC (Arima) 466D
| 486/66
| n/a
| Yes
| None
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| BIT DU33
| 486/33
| 3.5 hours
| n/a
| None
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| BIT FR-800
| 486/66
| 2 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Canon Innova Subnotebook #10
| 486sx/33
| 1.5 hours
| No
| None
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| Caravene AV-B5NT
| 486sx/25
| 2 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Chicony NB5
| 486/66
| 1 hour
| Yes
| PCMCIA SCSI, Ethernet, modem work
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| Chicony NoteBook 9800
| 486/66
| 2 hours
| Yes
| Intel 14.4 DataFax runs after some tweaking
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| Compaq Aero 4/33C
| 486sx/33
| 2–3 hours
| Yes
| See later
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| Compaq Concerto 4/33
| 486/33
| 3.5 hours
| Yes
| Pen does not work w/Linux; see later for a fix
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| Compaq Contura 4/25
| 486sx/25
| 4 hours
| Yes
| See later
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| Compaq Contura 4/25cx
| 486SL/25
| under 2 hours
| No
| Trackball does not work; see later
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| Compaq Contura 430C
| 486DX4-100
| 2 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Compaq 4/25 Lite
| 486SL/25
| 4 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Compaq LTE Elite 4/75 CX
| 486DX4XL/75
| 2–8 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Compaq LTE 5280
| Pentium
| n/a
| n/a
| None
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| Compat TS37 (Wang)
| 486sx/25
| 2 hours
| n/a
| X not tested
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| Compudyne SubNote 4SL/25
| 486SL/25
| 3 hours
| Yes
| AT-LAN-TEK(ATP) parallel worked
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| Databyte 486SLC
| 486SLC/25
| 4 hours
| No
| None
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| DECpc 425 SL/e
| 486SL/25
| 3.5 hours
| Yes
| None
|
| DECpc 433SLC premium (AST)
| 486/33 SLC
| 2 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA ethernet card works
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| Dell 320N+
| 386sx/20
| 3.5 hours
| No
| PCMCIA D-Link 600 works
|
| Dell Latitude 433C
| 486sx/33
| 1 hour
| No
| None
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| Dell Latitude XP 4100cx
| 486DX4/100
| 3 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA Ethernet, modem (using SLIP) work
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| DUAL
| 486sx/25
| 2.5 hrs
| No
| None
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| DUAL SKD-4000
| 486/66
| 1 hour
| No
| None
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| EPS Technologies Apex
| Pentium/133
| 1.5 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Epson 700
| Cyrix DX33
| 2.5 hours
| Yes
| Linksys ne2000 combo card works
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| Epson Direct Endeavor NT-500
| 486DX4/75
| 1 hour
| Yes
| None
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| Epson NB-SL/25
| 386SL/25
| n/a
| Yes
| None
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| Epson VN575ST
| Pentium/75
| 1 hour
| n/a
| None
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| Escom Paradigma SX33
| 486sx/33
| 2 hours
| Yes
| Sound card does not work
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| Escom Notebook 90
| Pentium/90
| 1.5 hours
| Yes
| None
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| FOSA 9200M
| 486DX/66
| 1 hour
| Yes
| Hardware extras don’t work with Linux
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| Gateway 2000 ColorBook
| 486sx/33
| 1.25–1.75 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Gateway 2000 HandBook
| 486sx/25
| 1 hour
| No
| None
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| Gateway 2000 HandBook
| 486DX/40
| 1–1.5 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA D-link 600 works
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| Gateway 2000 HandBook
| 486SL/40
| 2–2.5 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Gateway 2000 Liberty
| 486DX4/100
| 3 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Gateway Solo
| Pentium/150
| 2.5 hours
| Yes
| CD-ROM included
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| GRiD 1450SX
| 386sx/16
| n/a
| Yes
| X will not run if less than 3MB of RAM
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| GRiD 1550SX
| 386sx/20
| 1 hour
| Yes
| None
|
| GRiD 1660
| 386sx/20
| 1.5 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA D-link 600 works
|
| Highscreen 486 SLC 33
| Cyrix 486/33
| 2–3 hours
| Yes
| Quirks with X
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| Highscreen Blue Note
| 486DX2/66
| 2 hours
| Yes
| Problems with X on dual-scan monitor, but not external monitor
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| Hyperdata Expor CD100
| 486DX4/100
| 4 hours
| Yes
| Some problems with Ethernet cards; other PCMCIA cards work fine
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| IBM L40SX
| 386sx/20
| n/a
| n/a
| None
|
| IBM PS/Note 425
| 486SL/25
| 2.5 hours
| Yes
| None
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| IBM ThinkPad 340CSE
| 486SL/50
| 3 hours
| Yes
| See later
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| IBM ThinkPad 350
| 486SL/25
| 3 hours
| Yes
| Megahertz PCMCIA modem works; see later
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| IBM ThinkPad 365 CSD
| 486DX4/75
| 3–6 hours
| Yes
| None
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| IBM ThinkPad 500
| 486SLC/50
| 2 hours
| Yes
| None
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| IBM ThinkPad 701C
| 486DX4/75
| 2.5 hours
| Yes
| IBM PCMCIA Ethernet
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| IBM ThinkPad 750 (Mono)
| 486/33
| 6 hours
| Yes
| IBM Ethernet PCMCIA, Intel 14.4 modem work; see later
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| IBM ThinkPad 750CS
| 486SL/33
| 3 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA D-Link 650, Megahertz modem, IBM modem all work; X server needs fixes; see later
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| IBM ThinkPad 755C
| 486DX4/75
| 3 hour +
| Yes
| See later
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| Innovace 620px
| Pentium/75
| n/a
| n/a
| None
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| INSI EchoBook
| 486DX2/50
| 2–2.5 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA D-Link 650 works
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| INSI EchoBook
| 486DX4/75
| 2–3 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA D-Link 650 works
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| IPC P5
| 486sx/25
| 2 hours +
| Yes
| None
|
| IPC Porta-PC P5E-486/DSTN
| 486DX4/100
| 3 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Jetta Jetbook
| Cyrix 486/3333
| 1 hour
| Yes
| None
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| Lion NB 8500
| 486DX4-S/100
| 2 hours
| Yes
| None
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| MacPerson Scriba
| 486DX2/66
| 3.5–4 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Magnavox Metalis SX/16
| 386sx/16
| 1 hour
| Yes
| Conflicts with power management
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| Midwest Micro Elite
| 486sx/25
| 2 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Midwest Micro Elite
| 486slc/33
| 2 hours
| n/a
| None
|
| Midwest Micro Ultra
| 486sx/25
| 3 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA D-Link via parallel port
|
| Midwest Micro Elite
| 486DX2/66MHZ
| 2 hours
| Yes
| 3Com Etherlink III, modem, EXP Thinfax 14400 work
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| Midwest Micro Soundbook
| 486DX4/100
| 2 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA D-Link 650 works
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| Midwest Micro Soundbook P-90
| Pentium/90
| 1.75–2 hours
| Yes
| None
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| NEC Ultralite Versa E
| 486/50
| 2 hours
| n/a
| PCMCIA D-link works
|
| NEC Ultralite Versa E w/docking
| 486/50
| 2 hours
| n/a
| Docking works
|
| NEC Ultralite Versa 33C
| 486SL/33
| 3.5–5 hours
| yes
| Battery life measured with second battery in place of floppy; Megahertz XJ144 PCMCIA modem works
|
| NEC Ultralite Versa S/33D
| 486sx/33
| 1.5 hours
| Yes
| See later
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| NEC Versa 4000C
| Pentium/75
| 2.5 hours
| Yes
| 3Com EtherLink III PCMCIA works
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| NEC Versa 6030X
| Pentium/133
| 2.1 hours
| Yes
| None
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| NoteBook 3500
| 486sx/25
| 1.5 hours
| No
| No external monitor
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| Notestar NP-743D
| 486DX2/66
| 1.5 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA D-Link 650 works
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| Olivetti Philos 33
| 386sx/20
| 8 hours
| Yes
| None
|
| Paccomp
| 486DX2/66
| 3 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA works
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| Panasonic CF-25
| Pentium/133
| 1.5 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA works
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| Prostar 9200
| 486DX4/100
| 3 hours
| Yes
| 3c589B PCMCIA card works
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| SagerNP943
| 486/33
| 2 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA D-Link, modem work
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| Sager NP7500
| 486sx/33
| 2.5 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Sager NP7600
| Pentium 90
| 2 hours
| Yes
| PET-105 (RPTI EP400 Ethernet) 10Base2 and 10BaseT; 28k fax modem all work
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| Sager NP8600
| Pentium/75
| 1.5 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA modem works
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| Sager NP9200
| 486DX4/100
| 1.5–2 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Samsung 800
| Pentium/90
| 2 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Samsung 800C
| Pentium/75
| 3 hours
| Yes
| None
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| SDK 4000
| 486SX/33
| 2 hours
| Yes
| NE2100-compatible Ethernet,modem; power-management doesn’t work
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| SDK 4000 III Extended version
| 486DX2/66
| 2 hours
| n/a
| PCMCIA didn’t work
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| SEH DesignCD
| Pentium/100
| 1.5 hours
| Yes
| None
|
| Siemens Nixdorf PCD 4 ND
| 486DX4/75
| 2.5 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Sharp PC-8650
| 486/33
| n/a
| Yes
| Internal fax modem works
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| SNI PCD-4NE
| 486SX-SL/33
| 2–3 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Tadpole P1000
| Pentium 100
| 1.5 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Targa
| 486DX2/66
| 2–3 hours
| Yes
| None
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| TI Travelmate 4000E
| 486/50
| 1.25 hours
| No
| None
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| TI Travelmate Win4000
| 486DX2/50
| 1.5 hours
| No
| None
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| TI Travelmate 4000M
| 486DX4/100
| 1 hour
| Yes
| AHA1510 adapter is slow
|
| TI TravelMate 5000
| Pentium/75
| 5–8 hours
| No
| PCMCIA Ethernet (IBM CreditCard Adapter) works
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| TI TravelMate 5100
| Pentium/90
| 4–5 hours
| Yes
| Ethernet, modem work
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| Toshiba Dynabook GT475
| 486DX/75
| 3 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA Ethernet works; PCMCIA CD-ROM, APM does not
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| Toshiba T700CS
| Pentium/120
| 3 hours
| Yes
| CD-ROM works
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| Toshiba T1800
| 386sx/16
| 2 hours
| n/a
| None
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| Toshiba T1900C
| 486sx/20
| 1.5 hours
| n/a
| None
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| Toshiba T1910
| 486sx/33
| 2.5 hours
| Yes
| X does not work
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| Toshiba T1950 (mono)
| 486/20
| 3.5 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Toshiba T1950CT/200
| 486/40
| 2 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Toshiba Satellite T2100
| 486DX2/50
| 3 hours +
| Yes
| X not tested
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| Toshiba Satellite T2135CS
| 486DX4/75
| 2–3 hours
| Yes
| Linksys PCMCIA Ethercard works
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| Toshiba T2200SX
| 386/25
| n/a
| Yes
| None
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| Toshiba T3100SX/40
| 386sx/16
| 1.5 hours
| n/a
| Only X in mono tested
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| Toshiba T3200SXC
| 386sx
| n/a
| No
| X runs only in mono
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| Toshiba T3400
| 486SL/33
| 5 hours
| No
| PCMCIA cards work
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| Toshiba T4400SX
| 486sx/20
| 2 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Toshiba T4400SX
| 486sx/33
| n/a
| Yes
| X not tested
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| Toshiba T4600 (mono)
| 486SL/33
| 5 hours
| Yes
| X not tested
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| Toshiba T4600
| 486SL/33
| 2 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA: Linksys Ethernet, Megahertz XJ1144 14.4 fax modem work
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| Toshiba T4600C
| 486SL/33
| 3 hours
| Yes
| Lacks PCMCIA support
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| Toshiba T4700
| 486/33 SL
| 4 hours
| n/a
| None
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| Toshiba T5200/100
| 386sx/20
| 2 hours
| n/a
| None
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| Total Peripherals NBD486
| 486sx/25
| 4 hours
| Yes
| Problems with X
|
| Twinhead Slim 484
| 486/33
| 2 hours
| Yes
| De620 (parallel-port adapter) works
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| Tulip NB
| 386sx/16
| 1 hour
| n/a
| X not tested
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| Vobis ModuleNote
| 486DX2/66
| 2 hours
| Yes
| X not tested
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| WinBook
| 486DX2/50
| 2 hours
| Yes
| None
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| WinBook XP
| 486/100
| 2 hours
| Yes
| CD-ROM works
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| Zenith SuperSport SX
| 386sx/16
| n/a
| n/a
| None
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| Zenith Z*Lite
| 486SL/25
| 2 hours
| Yes
| None
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| Zenith Z-Note 425-lnc
| 486SL/25
| 2.5 hours
| Yes
| Driver available for built-in Ethernet
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| Zenith Z-Star 433VL
| 486SX/33
| n/a
| Yes
| None
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| Zeos Contenda 386 Subnotebook
| 486/25
| 3 hours
| Yes
| PCMCIA D-Link DE600 works; Linksys PE-EEP pocket adapter did not
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