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Thinkpad 600 & PCMCIA Wifi
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:11 am
by really
Hello, I recently have purchased a Thinkpad 600 off of ebay.
It has 192 MB of Ram, 266 Mhz CPU.
I plan to install Windows XP.
What sort of PCMCIA Wifi card will work with such old hardware? The oldest D-Links I can find say they need at least 300 Mhz.
Re: Thinkpad 600 & PCMCIA Wifi
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 4:28 pm
by paul*robertson
Hi
Welcome to the forum. What model is it 600 or 600E. What do you plan to use it for.
Re: Thinkpad 600 & PCMCIA Wifi
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 9:54 pm
by really
paul*robertson wrote:Hi
Welcome to the forum. What model is it 600 or 600E. What do you plan to use it for.
I believe it is the 600. I just ordered it off of ebay and the seller stated it was a 600 but there is no way to be certain of its model until it arrives.
I plan to use it for reading and writing email in coffeeshops.
Re: Thinkpad 600 & PCMCIA Wifi
Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:58 am
by harshbarj
Just about any wifi card should work. The 600 has a 32-bit CardBus slot and that is what is still used today.
So something like this should work great (and is dirt cheap!)
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=F5D9010&cat=NET
With 192mb of ram it will run xp slowly. If you can find 2 sticks of 128mb pc66 I would suggest upgrading it. Or go with windows 2000 and leave the ram as is.
And I doubt it is a 600e as they shipped with 300mhz processors on up.