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by rimmer
Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:21 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: Thinkpad 760L
Replies: 12
Views: 8146

Re: Thinkpad 760L

The sticky rubbery black coating on the older thinkpads can be dried out with talc powder.
by rimmer
Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:07 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: COLLECTING VINTAGE THINKPADS: HOBBY, MENTAL DISORDER OR BOTH?
Replies: 47
Views: 34047

Re: COLLECTING VINTAGE THINKPADS: HOBBY, MENTAL DISORDER OR BOTH?

The topic should be "COLLECTING VINTAGE THINKPADS: HOBBY, AFFAIR OR ADDICTION?

I would say I am having an affair with my thinkpad behind my compaq's back :D

Collecting anything that is vintage or classic is not any more unusual than collecting old stamps or
classic restoring cars.
by rimmer
Tue Jan 16, 2018 10:31 pm
Forum: ThinkPad Legacy Hardware
Topic: SD Card to IDE Adapter in 380XD
Replies: 14
Views: 12134

Re: SD Card to IDE Adapter in 380XD

From my experience of using CF cards and adapters, you will have much more success using an industrial type cf card. These types of CF cards have a firmware flag set that determines if the operating system will recognize them as a fixed disk or removable disk. Most BIOS's require a fixed disk in ord...

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