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Booting from PCMCIA

#1 Post by karotlopj » Tue Aug 01, 2017 5:02 pm

Many years ago I managed to boot a ThinkPad from a PCMCIA CF card. Has anyone else tried this and got it working?
My ThinkPad Graveyard:
600 * 2, X220, X61 * 2, T61

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Re: Booting from PCMCIA

#2 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Tue Aug 01, 2017 5:07 pm

Its possible, but complaitibilty varies from model to model.
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The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.

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Re: Booting from PCMCIA

#3 Post by karotlopj » Wed Aug 02, 2017 3:14 am

I have an X21, T30, T41, X61, T60, T61.

Can I use any of these?
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Re: Booting from PCMCIA

#4 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Wed Aug 02, 2017 5:42 am

Thinkpad4by3's Law of the Universe.

The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.

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Re: Booting from PCMCIA

#5 Post by karotlopj » Wed Aug 02, 2017 7:28 am

Thinkpad4by3 wrote:
Wed Aug 02, 2017 5:42 am
Sadly, no.

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Supported_Boot_Devices
Thanks for that. According to that list there are very few that can, one of which is the 600 which is the one I was able to boot from.
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600 * 2, X220, X61 * 2, T61

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Re: Booting from PCMCIA

#6 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Wed Aug 02, 2017 7:41 am

It was more popular when USB wasnt there. Now just use a USB CF adapter you can get for < 10$
Thinkpad4by3's Law of the Universe.

The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.

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