[DuoList] Building a duo system

[R. McFarlane]

At 12:38 PM 10/5/2004, Alex Santos 100MB Neostrada Mail, had this to say :

>Hi i am slowly building up my Duo system here from Poland.
>
>The costs are rather high here for building the system as most components 
>are off shore and delivery is unfortunately high.

         Bummer! :(

>I have a question and hopefully the search will end here locally for an 
>ethernet card for the duodock I. The duo will be used by my wife for her 
>university papers, she certainly feels comfortable with the emac at home 
>but I couldn't resist the uniqueness of the duo system so I am building 
>it, so far I have a duo 230 which is adequate and a duodock station I. I 
>would certainly like to adapt it in a simple network the the emac and the 
>HP2100N laserjet.

         Should not be a problem.

>If printing to the printer is problematic then I hope a PDF solution is 
>available for the duo's chooser. My wife will print PDF and send them to a 
>designated emac folder.
>
>To perform a PDF printing solution of just text what would be the minimal 
>OS required. Any clues?

         you want PrintToPDF. Works like a charm! Not sure about the 
requirements though.

>Most importantly would be getting the right Ethernet card. Any suggestions 
>and/or leads would be greatly appreciated. My only requirement is that it 
>work within my needs. If the card should require software please indicate 
>the compatibility issue in relation to the OS version.

         You might find that you will have to upgrade to a 270c or a 280c 
in order to support your mix of hardware and software.

         Good luck!


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