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"Nibby" (nibby68) 07/21/2015 at 23:03 • Filed to: None

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Free laptop? Free laptop. My uncle had a ThinkPad T21 in his attic (and some RAM for it too woo). Downside - no charger and it is missing a few keys, so I would need a new keyboard.

Anyone happen to have a keyboard for a ThinkPad T20/21/22/23 and a charger for a pre-Lenovo (IBM branded) ThinkPad? Thanks

Birddog > Nibby 07/21/2015 at 23:09

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Free? I heard my favorite word.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Nibby 07/21/2015 at 23:14

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Free computer! Woo. If I had parts, I’d give them to you but I don’t so :(

Nibby > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/21/2015 at 23:16

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Thanks though :)

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Nibby 07/21/2015 at 23:18

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I wish I could help people.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Nibby 07/21/2015 at 23:21

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I don’t have one but the keyboards are CHEAP! And they are easy to replace. You can get both for less than$30.

Nibby > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/21/2015 at 23:22

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I found both for $16 total.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Nibby 07/21/2015 at 23:28

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Including shipping? I aimed high to account for shipping charges....

Nibby > TheRealBicycleBuck 07/21/2015 at 23:50

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Yep.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > Nibby 07/22/2015 at 06:12

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Linux? Specs are pretty low to run Windows....you could give Puppy Linux a whirl, or another lighter Linux distro like Linux Mint 17 XFCE or Lubuntu ? Any of the three would run fairly well on old hardware (Puppy Linux, especially, but it’s not as “polished” as the other two) just don’t expect to watch much online video with it!

(I doubt it would even play low-def Youtube videos that well with a 800MHZ CPU...would probably be all stuttery - I’ve found in my tinkering you need at least a 1.5GHZ or faster proc with at least 1.5GB of RAM to play Youtube videos on 360p or 480p without a lot of stuttering.)

That being said, it would be fairly usable otherwise! :) Good luck! :D

If this is your first time trying Linux, have fun with it, it’s always fun to tinker! Big fan of it here as I run Linux Mint 17 MATE on my netbook and my spare older desktop, my “daily driver” computer is running Windows 7 though!

deekster_caddy > Nibby 07/22/2015 at 07:16

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What shape is the charger plug? I have some old ones in my drawer at work, might be Lenovo though. Are they different? Will update when I get to work.

KatzManDu > Nibby 07/22/2015 at 08:13

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A+

I would love a ThinkPad 860.

Nibby > KatzManDu 07/22/2015 at 08:40

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Thanks

Nibby > deekster_caddy 07/22/2015 at 08:41

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These are for the IBM branded ones

Lenovo ones have a larger barrel and look like the bottom picture. Thanks

Nibby > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 07/22/2015 at 08:43

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I’ve had ThinkPad T42s with 1.7GHz and 2GHz both with 2GB RAM... and they struggled with YouTube at times.

It shall be a retro PC, with Windows 95 :D

deekster_caddy > Nibby 07/22/2015 at 09:46

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Sure looks the same, besides the name change. I’m trying to find them, I’ve got a couple in a drawer. You can have one if I can find it. I’m pretty sure the “old” thinkpads had a flat connector. They switched to round shortly before Lenovo, but I think they are the same. Yellow insides even! (we are a Dell shop, so I have no use for them!)

Nibby > deekster_caddy 07/22/2015 at 10:03

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Let me know! Thanks again