Ok, having checked the manual, it is listed as a game port. Apparently the Stereo CD-ROM has a built in sound card, so for older laptops without a sound card it can also be used as an external sound card. The 'game' port is there for the other intended use of that port, MIDI. So instead of connectin...

I've seen photos of that thing. Definitely something I've been pushing back to collect. I think its valueble because its so obscure. I did have one a while back but all I had was the drive and it looked like it had been thrown off the top of a tower, I didn't even know they came with all these acce...

Ok, it's not quite a ThinkPad, or a desk setup, but there isn't a section dedicated to accessories/perepherials here so I'm adding it in anyway :twisted: Due to the recent acquisition of a TP 701c coupled with the old Toshiba 100CS in the cupboard and my love (trigger happy ebay skills) for vintage ...

Hello all,

I am looking out for an external floppy drive suitable for a 701c, the older chunkier style connector.

Preferably from the UK, although it depends what the international shipping charges come in at.

Jim

I know that this disease (collecting Thinkpads) is not curable 100%. And i feel myself very ill too ;) I don't know why, but i have ordered W700 couple of days ago. Someday i'll make photo of my Thinkpads, but not now. Worse thing - i feel that i have infected one of my coworkers ;( It is a disease...

There's a 600E somewhere in the postal system working it's way towards my door at some point in the near future. I've wanted a 600E for a while, next one to search for is a 770*

Dekks wrote:Hey its the Girl Hacker Guides.

Give it time, I think they're concentration isn't good enough for that yet... Give it a few years

Cool! But who painted that T60 red??? That would have been me, it's actually bright pink (not the best photo) as I have 2 daughters who are pink mad. The T60 is currently being set up for them with a child friendly linux distro, some educational stuff and some games. :D Edit: It's not a Thinkpad T6...

Hello, thanks for the advice.

Sorry for the ignorance, what do you mean by the 'planar', having a bit of a thick headed day

Edit: Never mind, google states that a Planar is another name for a motherbaord used by IBM

Hi all, I've seen a few threads related to others collections so thought I would share my own 'current' collection. I used to have a whole load of legacy Thinkpads (numbers followed by letters) but unfortunately I sold a whole load of them off during the family financial crisis of last year. Any how...

Hello all, I have a 701c showing error 201, unfortunately this error still shows if the extended memory is removed meaning it's one of the onboard chips that are at fault. Here are my questions: 1) My 701c has 8MB of onboard memory, is it possible to simply remove 2 of the chips to convert it to a 4...

Hello all, I am experiencing some problems with the screen on a 701c. Down the right hand side of the screen there is an approx 1" wide strip that is slightly darker than it should be, when the background is black or white the colours are displayed correctly. Sometimes if the lid is moved this area ...

New update: Ebay's Global Shipping Program have issued a full refund for the 701c, including all shipping costs and import duty charges, they have also said that I do not need to send the item back to the seller as the refund has come from eBay's GSP. So, the final result: I have a free Thinkpad 701...

Yes, it's that simple. X24 requires PC133 memory modules. Thank you, that's a pain, I've got a few spare PC-100s, the only PC-133 I have that can be switched with PC-100 are in a Thinkpad web server, I daren't destroy the uptime of that so... back to ebay it is for some PC-133, at least that way I ...

Hi, I recently bought a Thinkpad X24 off ebay for £10, after installing a hard drive it appears to work quite well although I will replace a few of the plastics as the screen bezel/lid have seen better days. When it arrived it had no ram installed (just the 128MB on-board), so I added a 256MB PC-100...

I don't tend to use Windows too often as I've mainly been using Linux for a few years now. I do quite like Windows 7 and get on with it well when I'm using it. I did install the pre-release of Windows 8 on a spare computer when it was available as a test, but didn't get on with it at all so it was a...

Hi all, I've gone a bit quiet on this one for a while. The 701c arrived last week with a crumpled corner on the well packed box. The 701c powers on and works, but has a chunky line down the right side of the LCD. I've been in contact with the seller who is being apologetic and understanding about th...

"Extrapolations to the distant futurity of trends in the growth of high-performance computing (HPC) have led philosophers to question —in a logically compelling way— whether the universe that we currently inhabit is a numerical simulation performed by our distant descendants." Ok, I think my mind i...

That is a great website you have posted there, lets see if I can pass my degree while also reading some of the interesting ideas people had in the past

Hi all, I'm currently studying a BSc in Computing and IT with the OU and am doing a small module on the history of computers, where I have come across a handful of predictions made in the early years which you may find interesting. I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. That chang...

I'm not amazingly up-to-date with Arch as I've become an addict of Debian. That said though pretty much all modern Linux distributions have much better driver support for older or unusual hardware, along with support for the latest gadgets. As the old annoyance of Linux was usually WiFi support the ...

Hi Temetka, I haven't got any plans other than general tinkering and remembering what Windows 98 was like, I bought this one purely on the basis of it being really cheap rather than for a purpose. That said though, with the condition and accessories with this laptop I might try to preserve it for th...

Wow, so in terms of those hard drive prices the x220 I am using at the moment has $28,000,000 of hard drive space in it.

On the other hand, I agree that is one hell of a sexy modem although although unfortunately the 4.8kbps is a bit of a deal breaker vs fibre broadband.

I used to have a Dell D630 while on a short break from ThinkPads. They are very good machines, especially with thde 1440x900 LCD.

Thank you, it's been about 14 years since I've owned one of these, although I believe that one was a 701cs with the DSTN screen.

I'll see how it appears when it arrives, at present it is currently working it's way across the states (started in Nevada) and is now in Erlanger Kentucky, hopefully just a flight away from the UK now :roll: I managed to find the guide you mentioned about replacing the corroded cells with rechargeab...

Rather than installing extra software to help speed it up I would usually opt to remove anything that I don't use. Any extra software that you install, especially anything that runs a constant process will only slow a machine down. Step 1) Remove anything that you don't use. Step 2) Run apt-get auto...

Hi, If you have Windows installed on the first drive (C:\ or /dev/sda) and Debian installed on the second drive (/dev/sdb), when you installed Grub/LiLo chances are that it has installed to the MBR on the second drive (/dev/sdb) and your TP is set to boot from the original hard drive. I'm guessing w...

Hi, what model of Thinkpad are you using, also what version No of Kubuntu are you using as the Thinkpad drivers come bundled with the kernel, but only on more recent releases. On any recent Linux install I have done on a Thinkpad I get full OSD for screen brightness/volume etc... The only exception ...

Spec-wise it should run without any issues, modern Linux has a habit of recognising most hardware out of the box but the best way to find out is to give it a go. I'm not too much into the touch screen way of life but I have heard the KDE offers a better touch experience than Gnome/Unity so you may w...