FS: TP760XL, 802.11b, Ethernet, USB2.0, Modem, Win98, etc.

[Edward Mendelson]

More or less in order to see whether it could be done, I put together a kind of ultimate ThinkPad 760XL that will probably be better off with someone who can make more real use of it. (I've already got another 760XL working here, and don't really need two.)

This is a unit in really excellent condition, with 72MB RAM and a 1.2 GB hard disk, with Windows 98 SE installed, together with all updates, including the terrific "unofficial service pack" described here:

http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html

(This makes 98 look like Windows 2000, but the originals of explorer.exe and shell32.dll are on the disk so you can get back the true 98SE look.)

Also, Acrobat Reader 4.0 and legal copies of Word 97 and Excel 97.

Also an 8x CD-ROM and a floppy with the bracket that fills up the opening left when you remove the CD-ROM.

Also a power supply and three-prong cord. (It also comes with a completely dead battery, which I'll include if you want it, but ONLY if you want it. It really, really won't take a charge.)

Also a 3COM Ethernet card (with dongle), a Zoom V92 modem (with dongle), a Senao 802.11b wireless card, and a more-or-less generic two-port USB 2.0 card (it says Stellent on it). Everything works correctly, although if you remove the USB card, you usually can't get the system to recognize another card in the same slot until you reboot.

Oh, yes, I'll also throw in a brand-new replacement keyboard to use if the current one ever has problems.

Getting the USB 2.0 card to work properly was the worst part of this, but it finally worked after I moved the USB stuff from IRQ 10 to IRQ 4. The card works beautifully with all the USB 1.1 and 2.0 devices I have here, now that I've installed a good generic set of drivers.

I think a fair price for all this is somewhere in the moderately low three figures (US dollars), and if anyone's interested, please get in touch privately at

emendelson -atsign- compuserve -dot- com

(I've revised the original post to reflect the bad news that the battery is completely dead and the good news that the USB 2.0 card successfully mounts USB 2.0 external drives.)

[Edward Mendelson]

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