Two years ago !!! A few Linux upgrades later the old T42 is still going well. Lately it has been spending its time as a music server.
Hope everybody's T42 is still finding a productive purpose in its old age.

ha scratch that adapter doesn't seat far enough in as the ide plug is not at the edge of the circuit board and the socket on the T42 is quite shallow. Destroyed it trying to fix the problem. Back to the drawing board........... edit as requested.................. all working well check the photo lin...

Think we are hoping for a group buy
Quite curious that we value the solid chassis and 4:3 screens so highly.
Case in point my new clevo i7 laptop is a great machine, if only it had the solid feeling of the T42 and a 4:3 screen !

All the new toys have arrived: Pictures here: https://plus.google.com/photos/110344944462404787015/albums/5903639182740696913?authkey=CMqb14ignN6idg Piece of cake , adapter made in Taiwan , exact replacement for 2.5" drive, caddy fits perfectly, just loosened cover in front of keyboard and replaceme...

T U ajkula66 I like the spec of the OWC drive just not available around here at a reasonable price, managed to find the crucial msata 128k for $135 aud $15 for a generic adapter just looking for something I have more confidence in. ah ebay: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/PS50-ST6-IDE-44pin-to-mSATA-adap...

http://www.mfactors.com/ps50-st6-ide-44 ... m-housing/

that could be better than a `sata adapter

hang on brain fade that would suit a think pad with sata not pata

http://www.addonics.com/products/ad25msd.php
brain ticking through research from the other day remembered this from my favourite adapter supplier addonics.
as cigar guy suggested this needs to be budget as I am sharpening a stone axe with a laser

I agree trying to be careful that any of the major items like the SSD are able to be carried over to a later machine. As it is certainly an old machine.
We aren't as fortunate in finding old stuff cheap around here, not enough people

Firstly a thank you to all the members on this site. The other night the venerable T42 booted up with a blue screen, muttering about unable to mount such and such or the like. No great suprise as I was expecting HDD trouble and have keep all files on 32gb CF card for the last 18 months. So I dug up ...