From: Paul Khoury (pkhoury_at_loop.com)
Date: Sat Mar 14 1998 - 09:40:15 EST
On Sat, 14 Mar 1998 23:04:12 +0000, Tan Soo Guan wrote:
>Hi,
>
> I'm new to this mailing list and I guess I should introduce myself.
>My name is Soo Guan and I'm from Singapore. I've recently bought a
>two-and-a-half-year-old second-hand ThinkPad 701C for S$600 with the
>following configuration:
>
> It's a DX2-50 with 20MB RAM, 360MB HD, port replicator II and no
>modem. I'm currently running Win 95 on it with Microsoft Office 95
>installed with only about 100MB space left.
>
> I have a few questions for the group with regards to this machine :
>
> - What is the maximum supported harddisk capicity for this
> machine without using any special software drivers ?
> (I was told by the service techincian from IBM that it's 810MB
> but according to Craig's IBM Butterfly Page at
>http://www-nrg.ee.lbl.gov/leres/butterfly/ the maximum
>supported is 4GB.)
>
Just as long as the HD is a 2.5" 12.5 mm drive. 17mm drives will NOT fit.
> - Anyone had any experience installing IBM DTNA 22160
>2160MB HDD into a TP701C ? (I saw a shop in Singapore selling
>it for
> about US$250/=)
>
I'm not sure, but again, check it's height.
> - My NiCad battery pack only lasts about 20 minutes after a full
> charge and I think it has reached it useful lifespan. Anyone
> knows whether IBM's 3 year international warranty includes the
> battery ?
>
No, the battery is only 1 year. Sorry.
-- Paul Khoury <pkhoury_at_loop.com> http://pkhoury.dyn.ml.org Sent from my ThinkPad 701CS The Operating System/2 Version is 4.00 Revision 9.029 There are 23 Processes with 84 Threads. This machine's uptime is 0d 8h 52m 9s 929ms.
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