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Date:	Mon, 11 Nov 2002 23:37:45 PST7
From:	Steve Carter <scarter@vcnet.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Where to get an IBM Thinkpad 600e bargain ?

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Sheridan:

The -2 is a mystery to me. I've not seen it before.
I believe it is a CompGeeks part number convention.
TP models are described as: 2645-4AU (mine)

I've not tried the USB port, except under Win98SE.
Seems to work acceptably there. Laptop is actually my wife's.
I just get to maintain it and carry it .

I really miss the lack of a built-in LAN port. I found the IBM 10/100
EtherJet cardbus adapter surplus for cheap and it has OS/2 drivers. There
are a couple of things it does NOT do, like WOL, but I don't need them.
Steven has identified those shortcomings, but it's not a problem
for me. The cards were cheap enough, so that buying two is a reasonable
course of action. I leave one permanently connected to the cat 5 cable
at home.

--Steve

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On 11/9/02, Sheridan George wrote, in part:
>I have two questions:
>1) Do you know what the -2 part of 600E-2 means.
>According to the IBM site (from the link on the
>compgeeks site) the 600E comes in three flavors.
>
>2) Do you know if the USB port is useable with eComStation?
>
>Sheridan
>
>PS I'm looking for an inexpensive, non state of the art laptop
>that I can connect to my home LAN (OS/2) and to the LAN at school (NT4).
>While the price of this one is attractive, perhaps a different model
>that has built in ethernet would be more practicable for my intended use.
>That would save having to keep track of a dongle for a PC card.
>Any suggestions?
>
>Steve Carter wrote:
>> Svobi:
>>
>> One of my favorite cheap places on the 'net is selling 366MHz 600E
>Thinkpads.
>> These are _NOT_ IBM-refurbished but they sure are cheap;
>> They have _NO_ OS. WARP 4 is well supported on this model.
>>
>> I've bought hardware from these guys before, and as long
>> as I was fairly selective, I've received what I expected.
>>
>> http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=600E-2
>>
>> At this price, I'm seriously thinking of getting a "spare".
>> I already have almost all the good peripherals and a spare battery.
>> I wanted a 400MHz CPU, but at this price, only 10% slower looks
>> real attractive to me.
>>
>> --Steve
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>> On 10/27/02, Info2SYNass.NET wrote, in part:
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>>>Hello SCOUG members
>>>
>>>I would appreciate your assistance in finding a replacement for
>>>my old notebook.
>>>My Toshiba T4900CT with an 75MHz CPU with a max RAM of 40MB,
>>>however in a very good condition, is getting really very slow !
>>>
>>>So I began looking and searching in an attractive replacement !?
>>>
>>>With my investigations especially regarding OS/2 Warp v4 my
>>>decision goes to the model 600e of IBM's Thinkpad with a 400MHz CPU.
>>>
>>>I am also looking on eBay and Half.com but noticed the
>>>restriction of being delivered to the US only ;-(
>>>
>>>Do you know a very good address to get such a notebook in mint
>>>condition possibly with some additional features i.e more / max
>>>RAM or a Docking Bay ??
>>>
>>>Another special wish:
>>>Being in Europe / Switzerland I would appreciate the
>>>possibility to buy our special Swiss-German keyboard !?
>>>
>>>Your assistance, help, hints and suggestions are very appreciated!
>>>Thanks in advance ;-)
>>
>>
>>>Regards, svobi (Albert M. Svoboda)
>>>*** >>> Say NO to HTML in Mail and News <<< ***
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