From: Bryan Daum (allied_at_teleport.com)
Date: Mon Oct 16 2000 - 18:31:21 EDT
You are beyond me, but good luck.......I'd have jumped at the 600 for
>$900....or, as I did, jump for a 600E 366 w/DVD AND 3 YEAR WARRANY (great for
busy non technical types, like me) for >$1700 and been on with my life and
hamming...or computing. Sometimes more is less.
73,
Bryan
NEW 600E!
N1AHD
"Cottrell, Eric" wrote:
> Hello,
>
> No I did not get a 600e, A20, or T20 for $50, that search still continues.
>
> I do like to go to computer shows and ham fleamarkets (my ham call is
> WB1HBU).
> This last weekend was a double dose of a computer show in Marlborough, Ma
> and
> the last MIT ham fleamarket of the season (I see another list member goes
> there as
> well). Some area computer vendors go to both computer and ham events as
> computers are very popular at ham fleamarkets.
>
> I have noticed in the past months that thinkpads seem to be showing up more.
> Of course there are the older 486 stuff like 750 and 755 (Even 700s and
> 720s). Lately I
> have been seeing more 380s, 385s, and 760s. At MIT there was even a 300 MHz
> 600 for under $900. Also some Thinkpad accessories are showing up as well.
>
> At the computer show there was a company selling some broken 560s (P133 I
> believe) for $80. They were missing stuff like mouse buttons, etc, and did
> not
> have batteries (or whatever goes in the bottom right area in front). Looks
> good for
> someone needing a part. In looking over the pile of other Thinkpads (which
> is interesting
> because they mostly look the same and I had to open them up to get the
> model)
> I came across a 365XD that looked whole for $50. The guy said it did not
> boot
> up. I have a 365ED so I have the needed accessories like battery, floppy,
> and
> AC Adapter. I took a chance. The 365XD is a P120 with a 800x600 TFT screen
> compared to a 120 586 (P90 equiv.) DSTN screen. The first thing I noticed
> is the
> screen did not work so I used a monitor. The unit had what I hoped was a
> power-on
> password but I could not get it to clear. I finally took out the CMOS
> battery for about
> 10 minutes and I fixed that problem. I found the unit had 24 megs of memory
> and
> the disk was upgraded to a two GB hard disk. I also found a Megahertz 33.6
> modem/10bt lan
> combo card in the pcmcia slot. It runs Win95 with about a gig free on the
> drive.
>
> Having dealt with display problems with my old 365ED, I popped open the lid
> but could
> not find anything. I struggled to get the "ad" covers off so I could check
> out the other
> end of the cable. Part of the cover looks like it should have been removed
> as there
> is printing with a url and it partly covers over the "real" cover. I found
> that this "ad" cover
> should not be removed. Anyway I got the covers off and found one of the
> display
> connectors was partly out of it's socket. After I put it back in place and
> reassembled
> the unit works.
>
> The only remaining problem was the tendency for the unit to go into suspend.
> It seems
> switch that is used to suspend when the keyboard is lifted was not being
> closed securely.
> I put a bandaid on it (literally). I noticed on my 365ED (with a new
> Keyboard) that there is
> a plastic square in the area of the switch on the 365XD (switch position is
> different on
> the ED). I also find the mouse buttons need to be pressed harder to make
> them work
> on the XD so the keyboards may be swapped.
>
> Now I need to get a dongle for my new card. I am going to try my mapping
> software on
> the XD to see if the 800x600 TFT screen is better when mobile. Not bad for
> $50.
>
> 73 Eric
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