[wellylug] I picked up a Thinkpad T23, and I would like a few bits for it.

[John Durham]

Bret Comstock Waldow wrote:
> I picked up a Thinkpad T23, and I would like a few bits for it.
> 
> It comes with XP, and I'll leave that on, as occasionally work has
> something for me to do at home, but like all my machines, it will boot
> into Linux primarily.  I want to make sure the hardware is sound before
> I think too much about anything else - but I have this nagging interest
> in Slackware (which I haven't used) or Gentoo (which I have).
> 
> Actually, if anyone has anything for a T23, I'd be interested in hearing
> about it.  Some items I'm looking for are:
> 
> 2 x 512M PC133 SODIMM modules, to bring it to 1G total.
> A good keyboard - one key is bad on this one.
> 
> The wireless bits - pci card, antenna, etc.  I have PCMCIA adapters, but
> setting it up internally would be nice.
> 
> I can source most of this in ebay, but recycle==good, and if someone
> wants to be roughly competitive with ebay, I'd just as soon put the
> money into the local economy.
> 
> I can google, but if anyone has comments or information about the
> machine, I'd like to hear that as well.  I am already subscribed to the
> LTP list, and I've been running my (t)rusty T21 for many years.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bret
I recycled some T21 laptops a month ago. Might still have a hard drive 
or two around and maybe some memory.
Don't know if these are compatible with yours.
We could check around for it. There is a fair amount of recovered memory 
and several CRT type screens as well.
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