701c to "like" factory new?
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 7:28 pm
Ok, I am aquiring 2 of these machines. Like all old stuff i own I prefer to keep one for play and the other restored as best as possible to like new.
Been googling a fair bit and hardware specs are easy, but i can't seem to find out anything on software...
I'm going on assumtion that these originallt came equipped with Windows 3.1 and or OS/2?
What other factory installed software was on them in the day? Did it use a floppy disk imaging application to create restore disks? I know my 760XL after restoring with the original CD has such an app in it.
Looking for something like this... a dir /s text of the c drive (760XL here: http://pastebin.com/6izAwGBu )
The original contents of the config.sys and autoexec.bat in the case of dos/win (760XL here:
config.sys was empty.
Yall get the jest, i am looking to recreate a day 1 experience with one of the machines.
So far I have managed to do this with a 760XL and a Smith Corona Acer PC220 (read 286 10MHz
)
[EDIT: found this from an old advert:
And to further partially answer my own question:
I have archived the page at:
http://www.conradshome.com/thinkpad/701/overview/
Been googling a fair bit and hardware specs are easy, but i can't seem to find out anything on software...
I'm going on assumtion that these originallt came equipped with Windows 3.1 and or OS/2?
What other factory installed software was on them in the day? Did it use a floppy disk imaging application to create restore disks? I know my 760XL after restoring with the original CD has such an app in it.
Looking for something like this... a dir /s text of the c drive (760XL here: http://pastebin.com/6izAwGBu )
The original contents of the config.sys and autoexec.bat in the case of dos/win (760XL here:
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@ECHO OFF
SET PS2MSG=C:\THINKPAD\PS2.MSG
SET PATH=C:\THINKPAD;C:\WNETFIN;
C:\THINKPAD\PS2 HFILE C
C:\IBMAV95\IBMAVSH /F00Yall get the jest, i am looking to recreate a day 1 experience with one of the machines.
So far I have managed to do this with a 760XL and a Smith Corona Acer PC220 (read 286 10MHz
)[EDIT: found this from an old advert:
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We've preinstalled a generous selection of software programs(3) -- more than 15 in all, including OS/2(R) Warp on all 75MHz models, plus PC DOS and Windows(TM) - - to help you take advantage of your ThinkPad 701's advanced technology. Call it "instant productivity"...and added value!
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Software preinstalled(3)
o Microsoft Video for Windows(TM) 1.1 Runtime,
Monologue for Windows, Audiofile(R) TalkWorks,(TM)
Triton CoSession(TM) Host, Lotus(R) Organizer,(TM)
Lotus ScreenCam,(TM) AlphaNet(TM) FollowFax,(TM)*
SEDONA Systems REPRINT,(TM)* Asymetrix(R) COMPEL(TM)
Personal Edition, Lotus cc:Mail(TM) for the IBM Global
Network,* SofNet FaxWorks Voice,(TM) Puma TranXit,(TM)
PRODIGY,(R)* America Online(R) for Windows,* Reuters
Money(R) Network,* Taxi,(TM) IBM PC Card Director,
Online User's Guide and System Information
http://www.conradshome.com/thinkpad/701/overview/