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Drivers for A21m
Drivers for A21m
Decided to spin up my A21m and make it OS original again (had Linux) so went and put Win 98 SE back on it. Now I cant find some of the drivers I need for it. What I am looking for is the USB drivers (as I put the video and sound drivers on usb stick to move over) and possibly LAN drivers.
I saw this thread
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=109948
And this person had a hard time getting the LAN drivers, but still, usb would be nice. (or will just use floppy for everything)
The Lenovo website will no longer recognize the unit (2628-G6U) so cannot find any drivers there for it. The other drivers I got are from here:
https://thinkpads.com/support/Thinkpad- ... /A21m.html
I saw this thread
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=109948
And this person had a hard time getting the LAN drivers, but still, usb would be nice. (or will just use floppy for everything)
The Lenovo website will no longer recognize the unit (2628-G6U) so cannot find any drivers there for it. The other drivers I got are from here:
https://thinkpads.com/support/Thinkpad- ... /A21m.html
T21 (gone) T30 (Gone, thank God) T42 (gone - was my favorite) A21m (have) Z60m (have) T60 (have) T420s (have)
Re: Drivers for A21m
Here is what you need for USB support in Win98: http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php
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Re: Drivers for A21m
According to original specs, that machine shipped with modem only, no LAN of any kind
PIII 800MHz (256KB), 64MB RAM, 20.0GB HDD, 14.1 XGA(1024x768) TFT LCD, 8x-2x DVD, Modem, Li-Ion battery, Win98, Office 2000 SB
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Cheers,
George (your grouchy retired FlexView farmer)
One FlexView to rule them all: A31p
Abused daily: T520, X200s
PMs requesting personal tech support will be ignored.
Cheers,
George (your grouchy retired FlexView farmer)
One FlexView to rule them all: A31p
Abused daily: T520, X200s
PMs requesting personal tech support will be ignored.
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Re: Drivers for A21m
FYI, if you REALLY need to find it in Lenovo website, try think.lenovo.com.cngrimmster wrote:The Lenovo website will no longer recognize the unit (2628-G6U) so cannot find any drivers there for it.
It has drivers for every major organized models (so I series is kinda messed up in there) starting with the original 700
Btw you also have to put your location in as one of the forum rules suggested
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A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
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600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
UXGA:
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T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
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Re: Drivers for A21m
I believe the modem and LAN or tied together (and the reason the other post link was having a hard time) but it definitely has a built in LAN port..ajkula66 wrote:According to original specs, that machine shipped with modem only, no LAN of any kind
PIII 800MHz (256KB), 64MB RAM, 20.0GB HDD, 14.1 XGA(1024x768) TFT LCD, 8x-2x DVD, Modem, Li-Ion battery, Win98, Office 2000 SB
I was able to get the USB drivers (thanks Neil) and now have USB done, audio done, video done Debating if I am going to worry at all about LAN. Not sure I care if this is online or not (probably better not to have it online)
Just a nice old system to play some old games on...
T21 (gone) T30 (Gone, thank God) T42 (gone - was my favorite) A21m (have) Z60m (have) T60 (have) T420s (have)
Re: Drivers for A21m
The drivers are not tied together and the fact that the machine has a LAN port doesn't mean that the card is there. Having said that, you can pick up a mini-PCI combo card for literally a few bucks nowadays should you decide to pursue that type of connectivity.grimmster wrote:
I believe the modem and LAN or tied together (and the reason the other post link was having a hard time) but it definitely has a built in LAN port..
Indeed it is.Just a nice old system to play some old games on...
...Knowledge is a deadly friend when no one sets the rules...(King Crimson)
Cheers,
George (your grouchy retired FlexView farmer)
One FlexView to rule them all: A31p
Abused daily: T520, X200s
PMs requesting personal tech support will be ignored.
Cheers,
George (your grouchy retired FlexView farmer)
One FlexView to rule them all: A31p
Abused daily: T520, X200s
PMs requesting personal tech support will be ignored.
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