[wplug] setting up an old laptop
Tim Quinlan
tim at techfocus.net
Sat Jan 17 00:10:25 EST 2004
Wow, a 701c! I had one of those once and loved it. It was the 1st
ultra-portable that I know of. It was tiny -- yet very heavy, I think
it was made out of lead -- but had a collapsible keyboard. When you
closed the lid the keyboard kinda split and folded up.
When I 1st got it (about 1996 or 97) I was running OS/2 with 4 Mbs
un-switched Token Ring.
I don't have my 701c anymore, but do I have a port replicator (serial
port, VGA, parallel, mouse, keyboard) for a 701c gathering dust on my
shelf. If you want it, contact me and it is yours.
On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 18:58, Ben Beige wrote:
> I just got my hands on a old IBM thinkpad 701c it's a 486 w/ 16mb of ram, I
> was wondering what would be the best way to get Linux onto it and how to
> connect it to my home network or another Linux box as a terminal. as far as
> I can tell it doesn't have a serial port, it dose have IR and parallel
> thought the parallel port is also the floppy connector form the looks of
> it. it dose have a Cirrus Logic PCIC compatible PCMCIA controller too
> (according to windows
> 95) http://mdxi.collapsar.net/butterfly/tp701-specsheet.png according to
> this sheet it its 2 type 1 2 type 2 or 1 type 3 capable for PCMCIA if
> anyone has a spare NIC i could get :) but I'd like recomendations on how to
> get linuc onto this system and how to connect it to my home network
>
> Ben Beige
> b.beige at zoominternet.net
>
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