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WANTED: Old laptop running WIN 98 or older

PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:28 pm
by steelroe
Guys I am loooking for an old laptop to run a DOS based diagnostic program. Win 98 or older. If anyone had one lying around gathering dust I would bew interested.

Re: WANTED: Old laptop running WIN 98 or older

PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:00 pm
by gfalls
Couldn't you run the program in vista/win7 using compatibility mode?

Re: WANTED: Old laptop running WIN 98 or older

PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:29 pm
by steelroe
Dont have rs connection thats the problem and just too complicated to try with USB connection.

Re: WANTED: Old laptop running WIN 98 or older

PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:25 pm
by Bernard
I don't have a laptop but I have two old PCs you can have.
One is W2K and the other is 3.1.

Re: WANTED: Old laptop running WIN 98 or older

PostPosted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 11:06 pm
by steelroe
Cheers for the offer bernard, but it needs to be mobile. Need to load Kawasaki jetski diagnostic software. Need to be able to carry with me when out on repairs.

Re: WANTED: Old laptop running WIN 98 or older

PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 12:41 am
by gt94
ebay maybe?

Re: WANTED: Old laptop running WIN 98 or older

PostPosted: Tue Jun 29, 2010 11:45 pm
by steelroe
Anyone else able to help me with this one. Any old laptop running win 98 or older with rs232 connection.

Re: WANTED: Old laptop running WIN 98 or older

PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2010 11:59 am
by CJ
Rory, something like this might suit your needs:

http://www.adverts.ie/187831/laptops/co ... rice-drop/

CJ