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Boot disk for vintage ThinkPad

Older ThinkPads from the 300, 500, 600, 700 Series, iSeries, Transnote etc.
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Boot disk for vintage ThinkPad

#1 Post by panips » Thu Apr 24, 2025 3:37 pm

DOS command line with pcmcia ATA support.
Theoretically, it bypasses all error on POST. It simply boots to DOS command line even some error occur during POST such as 161/163, which usually leads to EZ-Setup.
tested on 700/720/36x/75x/76x

https://archive.org/details/thinkpad_boot
:lol: 130,220,230,235,240/x/z,310ED,315,330C/Cs,340,345c,350,355c,360c/pe/cse,365x/cd/e,370c,380/d/z,390/e/x
500,530,535/e/x,550bj,560/z,570/e,700c,701c/cs,720c,730t,750c/p,755c/cd/cdv/ce/cx,760e/el/ld/xl,770/x/z
A21p/31p,(T/X)(2x/3x/4x),S30,TransNote,Z50,PC110...
:cry: 510,555
WTB: 320,7xxT
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