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brenda m - Jan 09, 2008 6:28:04 pm PST #4207 of 25501

If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

That is what I meant, but remember where to find it.

Steph L. - Jan 09, 2008 7:01:34 pm PST #4208 of 25501

I look more rad than Lutheranism

Uh, this question is going to come out *really* braindead, but here goes: does a cable exist that has an ethernet jack on one end, and a phone jack on the other? Or is there some sort of adapter that would allow one end of an ethernet cable to plug into an older laptop that has a phone jack but not an ethernet port?

(It's this whole thing with my old laptop and The Boy's DSL modem and cables, etc. My old laptop only has a port/jack/whatever it's called [hey, it's late and I'm having trouble with words] for a phone line, but the cable that comes out of the DSL modem is an ethernet cable.)

Am I wishing for something that isn't real?

And if it IS real, can you please link to an example of such a product, because my google search terms are yielding weird shit.

-t - Jan 09, 2008 7:04:14 pm PST #4209 of 25501

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Do you have serial ports on the old laptop? I've seen ethernet/serial adaptors.

Steph L. - Jan 09, 2008 7:06:58 pm PST #4210 of 25501

I look more rad than Lutheranism

Do you have serial ports on the old laptop?

Uh. Kind of?

There's a port that looks like a serial port, except it has 3 rows of holes instead of 2.

I'm suddenly feeling very, VERY much like a help desk nightmare.

P.M. Marc - Jan 09, 2008 7:07:33 pm PST #4211 of 25501

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Steph, make and model of the elderly laptop?

Steph L. - Jan 09, 2008 7:09:41 pm PST #4212 of 25501

I look more rad than Lutheranism

Compaq Presario.

P.M. Marc - Jan 09, 2008 7:12:40 pm PST #4213 of 25501

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

What's the model number?

Steph L. - Jan 09, 2008 7:14:42 pm PST #4214 of 25501

I look more rad than Lutheranism

Is 1200 a viable model number? There's a "1200" on the keyboard.

(I haven't used that thing in a LONG time, and I also can't grok how The Boy has his tangle of DSL ---> modem ---> wireless router ---> his desktop CPU set up.)

Steph L. - Jan 09, 2008 7:21:12 pm PST #4215 of 25501

I look more rad than Lutheranism

For instance, would this cable work: [link] ?

P.M. Marc - Jan 09, 2008 7:23:17 pm PST #4216 of 25501

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Does it have a PCMCIA slot? (1200 is a valid model family number)

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