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Hello folks,

I have just acquired a Thinkpad 600x running under win 98.

1- What driver do I need to use the USB port?
2- Can I use the USB port with a serial mouse or external HD?

Thank you

ziloo

1- What driver do I need to use the USB port?

If I remember correctly, Windows 98 has the necessary drivers to activate the 600X's USB port.
The USB devices require their own drivers though.

2- Can I use the USB port with a serial mouse or external HD?

Serial mouse? Why not use the serial port?

External HD -- This might help: http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php

Here you are http://www.technical-assistance.co.uk/kb/usbmsd98.php

There are two flavours depending on which version of win 98, so double check first.

Thank you all for your help.
I am gonna check it out!

ziloo

Also, you can get USB 2.0 on the 600x which is significantly faster with a PCMCIA USB Card which are readily and cheaply available (also some of these cards have 2 or 3 ports so you can run multiple devices).