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Post by Lord Skimper   » Mon Jun 20, 2016 4:12 am

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I've just been looking at one of my Old Thinkpad Laptops. Thinkpad 600 13.3TFT 32MB 5.1GB. Manufactured 04/98. Been thinking of reviving it. NT4 or maybe Vista. $3,200 msrp. I bought it for $10 in 2002. The Thinkpad Port case Modular 2000 is pretty awesome on it's own. It has a discoloured scrape but a little shoe polish will fix that. Thinking of boosting the RAM to 512MB $5 on ebay, may need to keep the HDD at the low level but I can use an external HDD if need be. Will need to find a PCMCIA cardport wireless NIC. It has USB but methinks it is only type 1.0 New batteries go for $13 now. Crazy.

I have a 701CX as well but that needs a new bios battery it is soldered on the motherboard. Will need to build a user replaceable battery mount but that is easy. Butterfly goodness.

I have two more somewhere I need to dig them out.
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Re: Thinkpad
Post by Lord Skimper   » Fri Jul 08, 2016 6:58 am

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Found a Thinkpad 380D pentium 150 Mhz goodness. SVGA 800x600 pixels. Came with two docking stations. They are in the bag. People ask if these Thinkpads can still be used and of course they can, you just need to use older software.

Using the 14,400 baud internal modems is something else. I don't even know if Dial up internet still exists? Luckily this Thinkpad 380D came with a 10Mbit Ethernet PCMCIA with Cardbus. Still no WiFi.
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Re: Thinkpad
Post by Lord Skimper   » Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:08 am

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https://www.dialup4less.com/aboutus.html

$10 / months

Still would need a phone line though.
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Re: Thinkpad
Post by Lord Skimper   » Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:16 am

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Seems I have a 56K modem. I wonder if it is usb 1 or 2?

they all have secure WiFi through IRDA forgot about that.

Butterfly is only 14,400
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Re: Thinkpad
Post by Michael Everett   » Fri Jul 08, 2016 3:23 pm

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Skimper...
I think that you will find that this website is not ebay.
It is a fansite primarily devoted to the works of RFC.
This website is ebay.
You can sell all your stuff there.
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I can't write anywhere near as well as Weber
But I try nonetheless, And even do my own artwork.
(Now on Twitter)and mentioned by RFC!
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Re: Thinkpad
Post by Lord Skimper   » Sun Jul 10, 2016 8:08 pm

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I'm not selling my thinkpads i'm just reveling in their greatness.
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