Looking for ThinkPads

[madodel]

Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> 
> I'm looking for an IBM Thinkpad 701C or 701CS (the one with the 
> butterfly keyboard), as well as a Thinkpad 860.  Anyone have any 
> available?  They have to be working.
> 
> Peace...  Sridhar

I have two 701C butterflies.  One has a cracked bezel, but works OK.  The 
other boots but has a horizontal roll unless the lid is held at a specific 
point.  They have A/C adapters but no working batteries.  I think the one 
AC adapter cost me about as much as the computer.   My goal was to install 
OS/2 2.0 or 2.1 on them but haven't gotten that far yet.  Are you looking 
for cosmetic perfection? If so neither of these are good.  If you do find a 
source for some 701Cs in really good shape I'd be interested in one also. 
It seems the ones on eBay are a real crap shoot and I'm tired of getting 
burned.  The keyboards are a work of art though.

Mark


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