Older ThinkPads from the 300, 500, 600, 700 Series, iSeries, Transnote etc.
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Thu Mar 05, 2020 4:21 am
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Cheap 256MB PC133 RAM for the 600X?!?!?
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JHEM » Fri May 12, 2006 1:44 pm
Crucial.com lists their PC133 256MB RAM as being compatible with the 600X series Thinkpad.
This is apparently due to the fact that Crucial/Micron...
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Last post by ozzymud
Thu May 12, 2011 1:16 pm
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Specifically the 755CD
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solidpro » Tue May 14, 2024 3:43 pm
Hi Everyone
I originally intended to spend the morning finishing restoring a 755CD which has been 'on the shelf' for about 2 years with an on-board...
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Last post by astral
Fri May 17, 2024 10:31 am
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The 'perfect' little Thinkpad. The 535X
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solidpro » Tue Mar 28, 2023 7:18 am
I just stripped down a rare Japanese visitor to Europe - the IBM Thinkpad 535X. This machine is rocking a Pentium 1 MMX processor @ 200Mhz, 64Mb RAM...
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Last post by astral
Fri May 17, 2024 10:27 am
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Last post by solidpro
Fri May 17, 2024 7:21 am
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IBM Thinkpad 535X Teardown and Repair
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solidpro » Mon Feb 19, 2024 5:13 pm
Hi
I've done a bunch of these. I never have the patience to document it but thought I'd give it a try this time.
Notes
535X is the one you want....
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Last post by sandra_314
Thu May 16, 2024 3:31 am
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ThinkPad 820 PowerPC [WARNING: PICS]
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ThinkDan » Thu Jun 15, 2023 5:24 pm
I bought this in late 1997 / early 1998 from a guy in the States who had bought it on the IBM employee purchase programme (EPP)... Reading between...
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Last post by ThinkDan
Wed May 15, 2024 3:12 pm
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Last post by Metrus
Tue May 14, 2024 2:07 pm
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Water damaged 380ED
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ThinkDan » Tue May 14, 2024 6:19 am
Found this photo whilst sorting out. I picked up a cosmetically good 380ED early last year described as non-booting, but cheap enough to give it a...
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Last post by ThinkDan
Tue May 14, 2024 6:19 am
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750C and 755C
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panips » Wed May 08, 2024 8:29 pm
tl;dr
LCDs of 750C and 755c are compatible...
I broke my 755C LCD and wanted to find a replacement. During the past month, I tried different 10' TFT...
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Last post by ThinkDan
Tue May 14, 2024 6:06 am
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Wordpad Transnote?
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solidpro » Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:28 pm
Hi Everyone
Spotted this and I thought I would share some early pics of this weird thing I picked up.
It's in mock IBM packaging - so much so, I...
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Last post by ThinkDan
Sun May 12, 2024 6:50 pm
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Sun May 12, 2024 6:47 pm
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Last post by astral
Sun May 12, 2024 5:57 pm
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560 / 560X Questions
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grunger106 » Fri May 10, 2024 3:59 am
Hi All
Been many years since I last posted here!
Been digging through some 90s gear to build a Dos/Win3.1 machine
I've got a few questions around...
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Last post by solidpro
Sat May 11, 2024 3:02 pm
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Obscure 1996 'Type 7344' IBM Tablet
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solidpro » Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:16 pm
I came by this, which is some obscure IBM tablet which looked like it accompanied some kind of molding machine:
The back is one huge metal...
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Last post by TRUNG KYODAI
Thu May 09, 2024 6:02 am
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240X Win2k Trackpoint went crazy
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solidpro » Tue Apr 30, 2024 3:55 pm
Anyone ever seen this?
Trackpoint works fine during Windows setup.
Trackpoint works fine once Win2k is installed.
Then I had to install .net...
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Last post by solidpro
Tue May 07, 2024 12:08 pm
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IBM (Zenith) Thinkpad 300
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solidpro » Thu Sep 01, 2022 1:20 pm
Hi
I've got a 300 which won't power up. I do, amazingly have a companion Zenith Z Note 433 which is the same machine but in a different form factor...
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Last post by axur-delmeria
Sun May 05, 2024 9:42 pm
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240Z goes dark when booting to OS
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solidpro » Tue Apr 30, 2024 5:35 am
HI Everyone
I'm trying to revive a 240Z which had a multitude of issues. The 240Z is quite different to the other 240 series so is worth trying to...
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Last post by kfzhu1229
Fri May 03, 2024 10:24 am
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Rare find - a 'good' 760LD
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solidpro » Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:23 pm
Hi All
I've severely curtailed my Thinkpad acquisitions but this popped up in the USA a few weeks ago. Cost me about £100 but I just got a feeling...
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Last post by solidpro
Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:52 pm
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Last post by panips
Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:57 pm
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90s Thinkpad Haul
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solidpro » Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:40 am
I picked up this bundle of rough 90s thinkpads today. I'd say about 70% look like honest, complete machines - about 20 in total, most of them I've...
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Last post by panips
Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:39 pm
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Funny design choice...
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solidpro » Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:03 am
Isn't it funny that a closed 760C looks more like a 755 than the rest of the 760 range?
Isn't it funny that a closed 765 looks more like the 770...
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Last post by solidpro
Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:54 am
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My spare parts
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solidpro » Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:46 am
I don't know where to put this because I can't list a price and I'm not actively selling but what I have may be very useful to some people! I've been...
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Last post by solidpro
Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:42 am
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IBM 701c
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Noémie687 » Thu Apr 04, 2024 5:59 am
Hi all, i have one or the beautifull butterfly. Change bios battery, repair desolderered RAM. All Work fine. But one day, i think to upgrade my hdd....
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Last post by BillMorrow
Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:34 am
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ThinkPad 510CS battery rebuild
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goldeneagle » Tue Aug 08, 2023 2:28 am
At first, I was worried my 510CS went bad. Turned out it was a defective DRAM card. With that out of the way, I was planning on rebuilding the...
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Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:40 pm
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Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:03 am
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Last post by BillMorrow
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:51 pm
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360CSE Dead display...
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solidpro » Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:16 pm
Hi Everyone
I've got a 360CSE with a dying display. It's a pretty lame 9.5 DSTN panel. Not sure whether to waste 3/4 hours of my life on it or stick...
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Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:08 am
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Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:17 pm
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Project Butterfly / 701c.org - New Videos
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pkiff » Tue Jan 16, 2024 5:01 pm
Hey legacy Thinkpad enthusiasts!, today I happened to stumble upon this refurb video over on Project Butterfly :
Reviving the 701C Butterfly...
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Thu Mar 14, 2024 3:57 pm
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Last post by ThinkDan
Sun Mar 10, 2024 6:54 pm
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PC110 Restoration stuff [HUGE PICS]
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solidpro » Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:10 pm
I decided to spend another bunch of hours-i'll-never-get-back improving my ramshackle collection of PC110 machines, improving, documenting, uploading...
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Last post by solidpro
Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:35 am
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Dual Booting DOS, Win3.1 and W95
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solidpro » Tue Mar 05, 2024 12:00 pm
Hi everyone
I'm back fighting with a PC110 and I'm using a 1Gb CF card as the HDD2 to boot from. I've hit a brick wall though and it's all to do...
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Last post by dr_st
Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:29 pm
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PC110 Bits and Bobs
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solidpro » Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:45 am
Hi Everyone
I've got 5 x PC110 machines I'm working on and wondered if anyone had any input on the following:
1) One of them works perfectly, new...
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Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:07 pm
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Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:21 pm
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385 obscurity
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solidpro » Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:38 am
Possibly one of the least interesting semi-rarity Thinkpads is the 385 series.
A 380 only slightly different. Like a different badge or a bigger...
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Last post by solidpro
Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:41 am
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Last post by astral
Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:07 am
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IBM ThinkPad 380Z
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svenanders » Mon Feb 12, 2024 7:29 am
Hello there!
I have an IBM ThinkPad 380Z and was planning on getting a gamepad
working on this laptop. Any suggestion on what type of gamepad that...
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Last post by solidpro
Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:28 am
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IBM ThinkPad 560x HHD issue
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Josef560x » Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:40 am
Alright so i recently got an old IBM 560x from a family member. Booted with no errors (except for 161) however when i went to the testing utility in...
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Last post by solidpro
Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:52 am
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PC110 Replacement TFT
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solidpro » Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:30 am
Hi Everyone
I only heard about this through the grapevine so thought I'd repost the info here. I've got a few PC110 machines and I've never seen one...
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Last post by solidpro
Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:30 am
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IBM Thinkpad 755CE + MASSIVE dock
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solidpro » Sat Dec 23, 2023 1:37 pm
Hi Everyone
I picked up this 755CE with a massive dock a few weeks ago. Seems to have a SCSI CD-ROM drive in it. The hard drive in the 755CE is...
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Last post by solidpro
Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:07 am
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Anyone have the 560x HDD iso
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Josef560x » Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:30 am
so not too long ago i got a thinkpad 560x with no hdd and no accessories(fdd drive cd rom) i got a new drive for it but i cant install an os as i...
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Last post by Josef560x
Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:30 am
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IBM Thinkpad 700C
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solidpro » Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:58 am
HI Everyone
I have had 3 of these on the shelf and 1 full size dock. When I say dock, it's not like your usual dock - it's more like a full blown...
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Last post by ThinkDan
Mon Feb 05, 2024 4:43 am
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Last post by ThinkDan
Fri Feb 02, 2024 4:18 am
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Thinkpad 770 Bios mod for cpu upgrade
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franjimo24 » Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:14 am
I found a sweet 770 on ebay at a good price and it runs very well on win98 with the 233mhz pI. Also found a pII 400mhz for sale but need the bios mod...
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Last post by solidpro
Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:02 pm
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HDD interposer for iSeries and 39X
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Tom81 » Mon May 29, 2023 6:12 pm
Recently I found an auction to buy an interposer that I missed for thinkpad 1200.
Unfortunately, the price was high, but in the description of the...
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Last post by astral
Sat Jan 13, 2024 10:23 am
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