Dell Latitude CP Laptop

I've got an experienced, and Dell laptop and some fun accessories that I will sell to the right buyer. It is old. Pentium MMX 233 Mhz with 128 MB Ram. (Assume it won't run any games or any software written in the last 5 years!) If you want to have a junky laptop for specific projects or to play with Linux or something shoot me an email.

In 1996 or so, it belonged to the Controller of the company. Then, it was given to a salesman, then it was given to IT because it was too slow. It then became a triple-booting wonder with Win98, W2K and Linux. Then, it lead a happy life for 7 years as I took it on work-related adventures around the country. Then, I left the company in 2005, and offered to return it, but the company said "No way, it's a Pentium 1!" So, I kept it. I used it as a development PC and note-taking PC while I got both of my Computer Science degrees. I used it as an "on-site garage" for last-minute code updates during Lego Mindstorms competitions. I've used it as a demo platform when working on and demonstrating some software for a client. Most recently, it was a security scanning PC. I used it about a year ago to run nessus, snort and acidlab for security analysis and intrusion detection. I started using it with airsnort and net stumbler for wireless network detection, but didn't get it configured fully.

• Great Laptop for experimenting with Linux using old, but tried and true hardware (it has run Red Hat, SuSE, Debian and Kubuntu)
• Great Laptop for Security Testing.
• Great Remote Access PC (e.g. Connect to Net, VPN to Private Network, SSH or RDP or VNC to other PC)
• Great Local Access PC (via Serial Port) for plugging into Servers and Networking Equipment
• Great Retro PC to run Linux while taking Computer Science notes--pick up geeky C.S. chicks!
• Decent to Poor Linux Laptop PC (It will Run KDE 3.2, but I remember tampering with X, and it didn't work due to some bonehead configuration at last check)
• Decent to Poor Lego Mindstorms RCX 2.0 Development Platform (LeJOS or RCX)
• Decent computer to connect a projector and run a presentation.

• Not a Badass Gaming Laptop
• Not a Badass Kids Homework Laptop (No Microsoft Office!)
• Not a Badass Software Development Laptop
• Not a Badass Anything
• Not compatible with itunes or any newer digital cameras

• 1 Dell Latitude CP M233XT Laptop
• Pentium MMX - 233 Mhz
• (Still has the "Designed for Microsoft Windows 95" sticker)
• Pimped out with 128 MB Ram (default was 32 MB)
• Crystal 4237B Audio Controller + PC Speaker
• NeoMagic 2160 Video Controller 2MB Video Ram
• LCD screen is in decent shape, but occasionally goes fuzzy.
• 1 battery bay and ~2.5 Hour Battery (with current power settings)
• 1 drive bay (see accessories below)
• 1 USB port
• 1 PS/2 Port
• Touchpad Mouse
• Parallel Port, Serial Port, VGA out

I've got four of these Dell Latitude CP Power Cords

• 20 GB
• Dual-boot Debian Linux - No Media included (use apt-get)
• Windows 2000 Pro - No Media included, this was a legal copy at one time.
• LILO on the MBR

• IBM 3.2 GB - Partial Kubuntu Install
• Grub on the MBR

• 2 x CD-Rom Drives (One is good, the other works, but sometimes gets funky.)
• 4 x AC Power Adapters. (Keep one at home, in the computer bag, at work, and still have a spare!)
• 1 x 3.5" Floppy Drive!
• 1 x Trendnet PCMCIA 10/100Mbps (very reliable until recently, now it is intermittent, possibly dongle going bad).
• 1 x PCMCIA D-Link AirPlus XtremeG DWL-G650 2.4Ghz High-Speed Wireless Cardbus Adapter
• 1 x Cord to connect 3.5 disk drive while cd-rom is in the bay.

Lastly, I've got at least one extra hard drive and a Linksys PCMCIA card

Anyway, there it is in all of it's glory. If you're interested in the whole package for about five hundred bucks, shoot me an email!