710T pen

[Timoti]

I just found a 710T that i can pick up for a few bucks, but the owner says the pen is missing. I have seen the TransNote and all, but this little thing is news to me, and it's small and neat and all, so guess i want it... Looks like i'm a pervert too, when it comes to weird Thinkpads...

So, the question: ThinkWiki says the 710T's got an 'electromagnetic' pen, so i guess you can't make a new one, like a stilus for a standard PDA?
Of course the 25MHz and the 4MB RAM look a bit too small to run a decent Linux, so maybe i'll try this "Windows for pen computing". Any experiences with that, anyone?
Thanks for any info!

[Harryc]

http://www.impactcomputers.com/53g7115.html

Search for part# 53G7115. I have also seen mention of upgrading a 710 to run Win95, so you can look into that if you so desire.

[tfflivemb2]

Nice find...I'd love to get ahold of one of those...

I think that it will use the same pen as the 360P and the 750P, but I am not 100% sure....(I have both)

[AlphaKilo470]

The 710T pen is slightly shorter than the one of the 360P and 750P but is otherwise the same.

[Timoti]

Thanks for the info!

Impact computers doesn't ship to my country, but i found a few 730T pens on ebay. Do those work with the 710T?

[AlphaKilo470]

It should.

(and FWIW, the spare IBM tablet pen I have laying around works with my Mitsubishi tablet computer)

[savarin]

Timoti,

I have both, 710T and 730TE. The 710T pen works with 730TE and vice versa. No problem.

[EPA]

Hello Guys!

I also have two ThinkPads with PEN: 730TE and 710T.

On both not only PC DOS is working with PEN extensions, I also be able to start TMENU and from there WIN 3.1/WIN95 with PEN.

I finally tried successfully also Palm Connect (a special GEOS/GEOWORKS version) with PEN and handwriting recognition! The Geoworks 2.01 also works fine with PEN.

So I can start on both machines:

- PC DOS with PEN
- WIN 3.1 with PEN
- or alternatevly WIN 95 with PEN
- GEOS with PEN and HWR

Nice, isn't it?

As member of the GERMAN site:

http://www.geos-infobase.de

and in English:

http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... base.de%2F

I will show you further infos, pictures and links here (GOOGLE Translation will show you a good English, but sometimes funny translation):

IBM ThinkPad 710T:

http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... 23post3757

IBM ThinkPad 730TE:

http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... 1%26sid%3D



Manfred