26 Oct
2024
26 Oct
'24
8:13 p.m.
That's true. Part of the trouble was just finding a ThinkPad still in
decent enough shape. They're note equipment but not exactly ToughBook
tanks. For many, the plastic case has just become brittle. And I'm not
sure if the cooling was really adequate for the Pentium's (especially if
the case gets compromised and has any sort of large crack). But I'd get
one that ended up with a busted floppy, or a busted CD, or sour screen,
etc. Installing from CD was really what I was going for (Warp 3 Connect),
and many of the CD equipped ThinkPad's are just too new.
Then I saw inconsistencies across the same model line (for example some
could boot to CD or PCMCIA, some couldn't). I thought perhaps they were
just re-badged instances, but then realized: oh, it was due to firmware
update differences over time.
Anyhow, sorry to distract about 1990's stuff . Anyone got a working
Univac-422? :) A modern-retro remake of one those would be neat, but it
seems it's always all about the PDP's instead :P
On Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 12:50 PM David Schmidt via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Steve Lewis wrote:
I'll do a write up on the adventure soon-ish,
I'm still trying to figure
out the TCP/IP settings stuff for OS/2.
You stand a much better chance of getting OS/2 drivers for IBM-produced
machines than just about anyone else's, but hat's off to you for getting it
done.
I (and I'm sure lots of others) can help if you need it navigating
LAPS/MPTS/TCP/IP settings. The stack is coming from a much more naive era
with respect to security; you probably don't want to set up an FTP server,
for example. ;-)
- David