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hallo
i bought from a friend a very nice and vintage thinkpad 340 2610-0IC with a 486 slc 50 mhz cpu i think;
there is the original DOS software installed on hd with windows 3.1 in autoexecution and other user's programs and software but i woud clean the hd or replace with an other bigger hd so where can i find all DOS driver ? bios upgrade diskette file? can i install windows 95 or 98SE or win2000 ? if i can install windows how can i do that? where can i find the drivers for the single OS? which is the best choice of OS for this pc?
thankyou all

Sadly, Lenovo has dropped all support for these old machines. (I have a 750P that has likewise been dropped.)

You may still be able to find drivers, but it's difficult and will require sleuthing on your part. You may be able to install Win95, since it can use DOS and Win3.1 drivers, but anything newer will likely not run well at all.

I'd suggest a small Linux distribution for general purpose use, just as [censored] Small Linux or Puppy Linux.

www.murga-linux.com/puppy/ is the forum for Puppy Linux users.

Besides the main stem Puppy Linux 4.1.2, there are derivatives that may work better for your laptop.

As a Linux for this kind of machine (I myself had a 340CSE for quite some time) I suggest DeLi Linux.

You don't really need drivers for that machine, except the VGA card.

so..it's impossible to get original DOS/Windows drivers? only linux?
i never used linux!!

OMNIBUS wrote:so..it's impossible to get original DOS/Windows drivers? only linux?
i never used linux!!

Now is the time to try something new.

What do you have to lose? And Linux does offer the functionality like Ethernet and wireless that most people want these days with these old laptops.

There are alot of beginners with Puppy Linux, and the people at that forum are very helpful just liket this one.

Dear Friends

I have got the following softwares for ThinkPad 340:

1. Latest BIOS v.1.41 for TP340
2. Configuration of utilities for TP340
3. Win95 setup driver diskette

Someone has to provide the path how to pass these executive files to other on the web.

Regards

Can you describe in more detail what is "configuration of utilties for 340"?
How big are the files?

1.Configuration of utilites - File 1.35MB
Contain software for configuration of track point,
key board, display, memory, battery fuel guage,
memory

2.System BIOS v1.41 - File 843KB
Contain latest BIOS for Windows95 installation

3.Windows95 setup diskette -File 949KB
Contain software driver for installation of Windows95

Regards

T.A.SRINIVAS wrote: Someone has to provide the path how to pass these executive files to other on the web.

That's a nice thought, but I doubt you have a license to distribute those copyrighted files.
It's probably best they not be posted anywhere public.

If permission could be obtained, it would be great to put them somewhere like here, or ThinkWiki.

The above mentioned softwares were available as free download from WWW.IBM.COM and were downloaded during the year 2004 and those old softwares were removed from the web site during 2005. Since the question of license came at this stage I am not williing to share any more.

Regards

Since those files fit on a floppy disk, they can be emailed.

At this late stage, I highly doubt IBM is going to raise a big ruckus if you shared those files with fellow TP340 owners. They probably removed those files because they didn't want to support the TP340 anymore. The laptops are so ancient that they don't even consider them useful and useable.