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

[Peter Lambrechtsen]

On 4/04/2009, at 9:39 AM, Bret Comstock Waldow <bwaldow at alum.mit.edu>  
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.

I have 2x512mb sodimms from a t41 so it should work fine in the t23.  
Email me off list and we can sort something out.

>
>
> 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.
>

Trademe have minipci wifi cards that should work. Worth checking out.

> 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
>
>
>
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