I bought an IBM Think Pad 2640 about
 5 or so years ago. It is a really nifty little notebook
 computer but it did not have a CD reader.
 I bought a PackBack Micro-Solutions PCMCI
 CD read writer for it. I need it to run
 windows only data aq software.

 I had a Windows 2000 and I wanted to upgrade from
 Windows 98. I got most of the way through
 and Windows 2000 could not access the PackPack
 to finish installing. In fact it disable the Back Pack
 and wanted the original 3.5 inch floppy disk that came with the
 computer. I can't find it so now I am screwed.

 So typical of windows. Linux does not care what you do
 and you can always just download a copy of the OS.

 One does not get new OS's on floppy's anymore.

 I guess the Think Pad is now junk.




Originally a Windows 95 with 32MB of ram, it's going to run win 2k very
poorly.

Product: ThinkPad 560X 2640-70A [change]
Original description: P 233MMX (256K) 32MB RAM 4.0GB 12.1 SVGA TFT Win95

brian gochnauer

Your right. Probably not worth fixing.
The big hang up could be the 1.1 USB port.
A lot of stuff requires 2.0.

I just need to buy something else. IBM is selling some newer ones
used for about $350.

Paul Lamar


I've had one of these T61p for about 3 yrs. from work. Very nice machine

http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-LENOVO-Thinkpad-T61p-Core-2-Duo-2-2GHZ-3GB-100GB-/130426961970?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item1e5e0d8032

$449.00  23 hrs left on a "Buy it now"

brian gochnauer


I just went over to Frys and they have a brand new Acer Netbook
for $250. Unfortunately it runs System 7 but they want another $90 for
a version of System 7 that will run XP programs. One GIG ram, 160 Gig hard
drive. 3 USB ports. No DVD burner. A copy of the O.S. is on a protected
partition on the hard drive so if the main version is corrupted
the protected version can be copied to the user partition.
No O.S. DVD comes with the computer.

I just need something to run one XP Data Acq software package.
It will not be connected to the Internet. If anybody has
XP they can share I am game. Send email labeled private.

Paul Lamar