[wplug] setting up an old laptop

[Tim Quinlan]

Ben,
P.S. I found an external floppy and I think it's for a 701c.  You can
have it also.  

By the way, I did have Debian and OpenBSD running on my 701 at times.  

On Sat, 2004-01-17 at 00:10, Tim Quinlan wrote:
> 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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