Looking for Windows 3.1 drivers for ThinkPad 701c

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Looking for Windows 3.1 drivers for ThinkPad 701c

#1 Post by sega_dude » Sat Jun 14, 2014 2:07 pm

I'm looking for Windows 3.1/DOS drivers for the Thinkpad 701c. I have video and audio, so I'm mostly looking for PCMCIA card services and any other drivers I may need. Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: Looking for Windows 3.1 drivers for ThinkPad 701c

#2 Post by ilakast » Sat Jun 14, 2014 2:45 pm

Visit http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc ... 0index.txt

Then search (Ctrl+F) for 701C and find all relevant files you wish to download and then just append these filenames to the above url to download them.
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Re: Looking for Windows 3.1 drivers for ThinkPad 701c

#3 Post by sega_dude » Sun Jun 15, 2014 4:52 pm

Apparently the audio driver I found was completely unrelated to the ES688 that is in the Thinkpad 701c... Can someone help me find the audio driver for Windows 3.1? It doesn't seem to be on the server linked above

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Re: Looking for Windows 3.1 drivers for ThinkPad 701c

#4 Post by TrowaBarton » Sun Jun 15, 2014 6:01 pm

I haven't tried them yet but I believe the 3.1 audio disks are af701wi1.exe af701wi2.exe.

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Re: Looking for Windows 3.1 drivers for ThinkPad 701c

#5 Post by sega_dude » Sun Jun 15, 2014 6:07 pm

TrowaBarton wrote:I haven't tried them yet but I believe the 3.1 audio disks are af701wi1.exe af701wi2.exe.
I tried those and finally have working audio in Windows 3.1. However, those disks did nothing for DOS. How would I install the sound drivers in DOS?

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Re: Looking for Windows 3.1 drivers for ThinkPad 701c

#6 Post by rkawakami » Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:41 pm

My assumption would be that you'd have to do it via the config.sys and/or autoexec.bat files. Is there any documentation provided with those driver packages (I.e., a "readme.txt" file)?

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Re: Looking for Windows 3.1 drivers for ThinkPad 701c

#7 Post by TrowaBarton » Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:46 pm

Sadly the readme only has directions for installing the drivers in 3.1, 95, and OS2.

Perhaps a more generic driver like this one may work?
http://www.vogonsdrivers.com/getfile.php?fileid=112

I'm currently still setting up the NT4 side of my multi-boot so I haven't tested the 3.x/Dos drivers yet.

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