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600X - wireless card question

Last post by kingman99 « Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:51 pm
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by kingman99 » Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:40 pm

Hi

I would like to buy a wireless card and need some help. I believe l have the 650 meg running wind 2000 pro.

Right now l have cable going into a...

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Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:51 pm
is this Thinkpad 600E a doorstop?

Last post by ieee488 « Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:15 pm
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by ieee488 » Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:00 pm

I can't help myself; I bought another Thinkpad 600E on eBay. I'm addicted.

It won't boot into BIOS. I turn it on, but it immediately shuts down.

Is...

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Sat Oct 04, 2008 7:15 pm
ndas with older thinkpads

Last post by john518 « Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:43 pm
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by john518 » Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:04 pm

I was wondering if the following would work. Link a 365xd (98se) and a 760el (98se) to a NDAS sytem like Ximeta. I use the NDAS system with my Sony...

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Tue Sep 30, 2008 5:43 pm
Best Windows OS for ITunes on 600x?

Last post by virge « Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:49 pm
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by reddyreal » Sat Sep 27, 2008 12:00 pm

I have a 600x with 256MB Ram that I've been happily running Puppy Linux on for a few months.

However, I recently bought an external hard drive (a...

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Tue Sep 30, 2008 1:49 pm
On-Off Backlight

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by JackSpratts » Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:10 pm

I've got an old 600E and the screen is driving me nuts. It wakes up by blinking, as if I had a switch and was flipping it off and on rapidly. Problem...

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Mon Sep 29, 2008 8:04 am
Picking Docking Station Locks

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by JackSpratts » Sun Sep 28, 2008 11:09 pm

i recently bought a 600e that was firmly and permanently locked into a heavy docking station. it came with lots of extras like the outboard floppy...

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Mon Sep 29, 2008 12:49 am
Thinkpad 600 hard drive screw

Last post by ieee488 « Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:13 pm
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by ieee488 » Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:59 pm

What is the type/spec on the one screw on the laptop bottom? Not the 4 screws for the caddy.

I have looked on the HW maintenance manual but I can't...

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Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:13 pm
CD drive for 570?

Last post by bobgarty « Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:11 am
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by ieee488 » Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:53 pm
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I can connect up my 600's external floppy disk drive to it, but my 600's internal CD drive won't fit in the floppy disk drive case/shell.

How do I...
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Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:11 am
how to reseat the keyboard cables for a 600

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by soupdragon1973 » Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:06 pm

my trackpoint is malfunctiong,the cursor drifts to the top of the screen now.I read a manual I found for the 600 and it tells me to try reseating the...

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Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:03 pm
8611 boot error

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by hjanzen » Wed Feb 07, 2007 5:15 am

Good morning,
My name is Hans, I live in the Netherlands and I am new to this forum.
My thinkpad is a 600E PII 366 425 RAM type 2645AL INET36WW.
I...

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Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:53 pm
Compatibility of 240 240X lids

Last post by virge « Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:29 pm
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by virge » Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:21 pm

I know that there are A and B type LCDs. Also the HMM shows a different part number for the 240X.

Does anyone know if the lids are still...

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Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:29 pm
Thinkpad 600e DVD playback

Last post by OldManClayton « Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:42 am
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by OldManClayton » Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:02 pm

Ages ago, I traded in my Thinkpad 600e's CD drive for a DVD drive. It played DVD's fine. Now, a few years and many breakdowns later, I'm having some...

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Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:42 am
Does upgrading RAM on an old 770 make sense? (Cacheable area

Last post by JeriC « Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:50 am
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by JeriC » Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:35 am

So, me again.
Well, I have a ThinkPad 770. When I got it it was equipped with 64 megs of RAM and it came with xp installed (!). I even disassembled...

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Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:50 am
Use for Thinkpad 380XD

Last post by sandroasantos « Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:24 pm
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by sandroasantos » Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:50 pm

Greetings,
I just bought a old IBM Thinkpad 380XD for €20.00 (couldn't resist such bargain)
It's battery is dead and CMOS battery is also dead. I...

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Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:24 pm
Thinkpad 770 Fan in WinXp

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by cstrrider » Sun Sep 21, 2008 8:47 pm

Hi, I have an old thinkpad 770 with Windows Xp on which the fan doesn't work except when it boots up. I have the same problem on multiple linux...

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Wed Sep 24, 2008 5:13 pm
240 battery

Last post by slaz « Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:22 am
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by oski » Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:58 am

Hi,

I have several 240 batteries all dead!!!

Has somebody managed to rebuild dead batteries? And how?

Any information on how to change the cells...

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Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:22 am
thinkpad 560 sound card

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by OldManClayton » Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:31 pm

I bought an old 560 for my sis two or three years back, (only the best for family. ;)) and after a long string of events which involved me breaking...

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Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:31 pm
USB port on Thinkpad 570 not working

Last post by ieee488 « Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:15 am
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by ieee488 » Sun Sep 21, 2008 10:15 pm

I bought the Ultrabase from someone on eBay and installed Windows 2000.

The USB port on the laptop itself doesn't seem to be working quite right....

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Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:15 am
i1300 printserver?

Last post by truk « Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:37 pm
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by jronald » Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:10 pm

OK
Of the 12 i1300 I bought/traded/was given I have 2 left
These two wont run XP unless you have years to wait.
I suspect the incredibly slow HDDs...

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Last post by truk
Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:37 pm
Which OS?

Last post by cogitordi « Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:17 pm
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by ChefJohn » Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:19 am

I have a 600 (currently with Win ME installed - I know but it works).
It has about 128 +/- Mb Ram and a 233 Mhz CPU.
I have a CF to Hard drive...

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Last post by cogitordi
Sun Sep 21, 2008 3:17 pm
So I picked up this Transnote today...

Last post by joester « Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:49 am
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by joester » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:56 pm

.. And I see the label says:
DEMO 2675-63U
It's missing the HDD and the pen, but it will POST and go into the BIOS no problem.

DEMO??
Never saw...

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Last post by joester
Sun Sep 21, 2008 11:49 am
Thinkpad 600: home-made 'caddy'

Last post by rkawakami « Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:11 pm
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by SAE140 » Fri Sep 05, 2008 11:51 am

Where do all the hard drive caddy's go ? So often people sell 600's without hard drives ... but why on earth do they keep the caddy's ?

Being stuck...

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Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:11 pm
560x HDD cable

Last post by slaz « Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:31 am
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by ajhidell » Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:40 pm

I am trying to mount a Compacttflash with a Puppy linux distro in an old 560x. I have a CF to 44 pin IDE adapter, but the HDD cable has a plug...

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Last post by slaz
Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:31 am
380z whines loudly

Last post by BillsR100 « Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:57 pm
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by cogitordi » Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:42 pm

And I've been married with children, so the whining must be annoying...

Has anyone ever done a fan upgrade or otherwise fixed the 380z's whine?

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Last post by BillsR100
Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:57 pm
Do you need to reinstall OS when changing MB&CPU on 600X

Last post by Harryc « Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:15 pm
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by SnoopyD » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:56 pm

Is it necessary to reinstall XP OS after doing a motherboard and CPU upgrade on a TP 600X (From a 2645-5EU to a 2645-9ZU)? Sometimes the OS will read...

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Last post by Harryc
Thu Sep 18, 2008 7:15 pm
Installation cd/CE utillity diskette for TP 1721 iSeries?

Last post by miradiem « Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:36 pm

by miradiem » Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:36 pm

Does anyone know how or where to find the installation cd and/or the CE Utility diskette for a I Series TP 1721 2627-721?

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Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:36 pm
701c think pad battery operation

Last post by walt belsito « Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:03 pm

by walt belsito » Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:03 pm

hi ;

i have a 701c .

this is the 3 rd new battery i put in it .

here is the problem ;

it works fine on a external power pack .

with a fully...

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Last post by walt belsito
Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:03 pm
IBM 600x xp upgrade, no sound, driving me bonkers

Last post by vim_commando « Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:45 pm
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by baconbuttyman » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:54 am

i got this great little machine for my kids to do home work etc, it was on win 98 se, and worked well, i upgraded the os to win xp home and now the...

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Last post by vim_commando
Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:45 pm
BIOS update with a dead main battery on i Series 1721 2627

Last post by miradiem « Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:08 pm

by miradiem » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:08 pm

Is there a way to flash the BIOS with a dead main battery on a TP 1721 2627-721?

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Last post by miradiem
Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:08 pm
Replacing CCFL's - there must be a better way ?

Last post by Harryc « Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:22 am
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by SAE140 » Fri Sep 12, 2008 3:51 am

I've just changed the backlight CCFL's on two TP600 13.3 displays. The link to Dale's webpages was useful - thanks for that.

Luckily I dismantled...

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Last post by Harryc
Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:22 am
TP iSeries 1721 2627-721 boot problem

Last post by miradiem « Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:04 pm
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by miradiem » Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:54 pm

I've been trying to repair a ThinkPad i-Series 1721 2627-721. It powers on but there is no display. The power led lights up as does the battery led...

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Last post by miradiem
Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:04 pm
How to set Supervisor Password to BLANK - 600X

Last post by okayman « Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:24 am
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by okayman » Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:48 am

I have a Thinkpad 600X and I have set a Supervisor Password yesterday when I was tesing the functionality of the password settings.

I understand...

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Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:24 am
Picked up a 770 at a tag sale...

Last post by u.mac « Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:37 am
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by landsmarra » Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:02 am

Hello to all!

I just acquired a 770 9548-30U at a tag sale for $20 with AC adapter, CD drive and (dead) battery. I bought another battery, floppy...

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Last post by u.mac
Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:37 am
searching for USB connectors on dockingport

Last post by u.mac « Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:24 am
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by u.mac » Mon Sep 08, 2008 3:40 am

I'm searching for the thread with the pictures from modified dockingport from TP 600 (e/x) with USB 2.0 - or the connectors with USB 1.1 from the...

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Last post by u.mac
Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:24 am
240X Does not consistently post

Last post by virge « Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:21 pm
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by virge » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:26 pm

I've been wanting to try out a 240X machine and finally picked up a complete, but non-working machine to play with. Ideally, I would have loved to...

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Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:21 pm
Thinkpad 600

Last post by rkawakami « Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:17 pm
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by kylepotts » Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:53 am

Hi recently picked up a thinkpad 600. And I have a few questions.

1. It has 288 mb of ram. Would I be able to buy a 1g stick of sodimm ram and put...

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Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:17 pm
Parts for 600X: Display Casing, Power Supply, HDD Caddy, and

Last post by whizkid « Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:26 pm
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by wswartzendruber » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:29 am

I might be getting my hands on an old, beat-up 600X, and these are the parts I will definitely be needing.

Any ideas?

PS: The keyboard on this...

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Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:26 pm
TP770: not sure how far I can go with processor/RAM

Last post by carbon_unit « Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:03 am
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by landsmarra » Sun Jun 08, 2008 2:45 pm

Hello again to all!

TP770 9548-30U seems to be running fine with Win98 after a nice, fresh install. Updated to the latest BIOS. Installed the...

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Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:03 am
Can my 600x be upgraded?

Last post by whizkid « Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:32 am
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by MurrayShafiroff » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:47 pm

Can my 600x (2645-3EU, 450 PIII), be upgraded to a PIII 750-850MHz? If so, do I just need a MMC2 CPU?

Thanks in advance

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Last post by whizkid
Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:32 am
128 Memory for Thinkpad 600

Last post by The Olde Man « Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:09 am
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by The Olde Man » Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:48 pm

I have a 128 memory stick taken from a 600x. Would it be of any use in a Thinkpad 600?

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Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:09 am
Thinkpad 570e Recovery Disk or OEM Windows 2k

Last post by AKelley728 « Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:13 pm
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by AKelley728 » Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:34 am

Hello everyone...

First post here. I'm a big fan of the legacy Thinkpads so it looks like I'll feel right at home (I have two 600Es)

Recently I...

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Last post by AKelley728
Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:13 pm
Thinkpad games

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by boydie » Mon Sep 01, 2008 6:03 am

Hi all,

My first post, :D

I own a Think pad 600x and use it mostly for email, net, and Age of empires 2, when the wife is using the big computer...

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Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:35 pm
600X speedstep problem

Last post by u.mac « Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:33 am
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by tonepaq » Sat Sep 01, 2007 7:46 pm

I have a speedstep board pull from a 600x. It came with a 650mhz cpu and worked fine. FRU 08k3198

So I pull it out of the machine and threw a...

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Last post by u.mac
Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:33 am
Thinkpad 390E CD drive not reading discs

Last post by ieee488 « Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:25 am
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by ieee488 » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:54 pm

I picked up the laptop this morning.

I thought it was going to be a 365 but turns out to be a 390E which makes me very happy. Amazing what a big...

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Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:25 am
Windows 98 audio driver for 365 ?

Last post by ieee488 « Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:06 pm
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by ieee488 » Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:47 pm

I have gotten hold of Thinkpad 365.

The IBM/Lenovo website shows no audio drivers for it for Windows 98.

Is it because I don't need one, or that...

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Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:06 pm
Changing HD on Thinkpad type 2611

Last post by Harryc « Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:42 am
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by kai920 » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:39 am

My friend's hard disk in his Thinkpad died. The machine type #: 2611-41B.

Can anyone tell me if there are any restrictions on hard disk choices?...

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Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:42 am
Clients, servers, and docking stations

Last post by Bookworm « Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:07 pm
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by Bookworm » Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:27 pm

Windows NT4 will use a second processor (supposedly very fast) if you have one. Can I get one on a PCI card and put it in a SelectaDock, or does it...

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Last post by Bookworm
Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:07 pm
Remember the active desktop gallery?

Last post by Radioguy « Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:57 pm
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by Bookworm » Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:06 pm

Back when our 365's & 760's were new, Microsoft introduced the active desktop for windows. It came with ie 4.0 for windows 95, and was a part of...

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Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:57 pm
upgrade for CPU and hard drive in Thinkpad 365?

Last post by Bookworm « Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:55 pm
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by ieee488 » Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:50 am

I know this is a really old laptop.

I've searched on Google and there seems very little information about this laptop when compared to the 600...

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Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:55 pm
Anyone know what thinkpad this is? (PIC)

Last post by gator « Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:01 pm
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by gator » Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:09 pm

The model on the left is the famous 701 series with the buttefly keyboard ... what is the model on the right? It has a butterfly keyboard too! Some...

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Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:01 pm

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