From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Sat Oct 23 1999 - 19:34:55 EDT
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feel free to ask for an "i" series confrence and i'll be happy to see it done...
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er-chan wrote:
> There is a website http://www.e-oasis.com/linux-tp.html
> with information abour linux on TP(no I series ).
>
> There is a website called *nix on the IBM Thinkpad 1450 at
> http://members.xoom.com/surfkirra/main.htm .
>
> Please let me know where your thinkpad website is.
>
> Thanks er-chan_at_scn.org
>
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> Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 22:59:43 -0500
> From: "George Neurauter" <neurautr_at_uiuc.edu>
> To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Subject: TP i Series - Upgrading and some info
> Message-Id: <006601bf191d$36d8ff40$9107fea9_at_neurautr>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I haven't been on the list for a while and I thought I would rejoin
> since the IBM Support web site is delightfully unhelpful. I have an i Series
> 1410, the original P266/12.1" TFT model. I have been trying to find info
> about the i Series online, but have been quite unsuccessful. I have been
> thinking of starting an i Series web site, but, anyway, I was wondering if
> anyone out there has an i Series and if they have done any successful
> upgrades. I have 96 MB of RAM in mine, but the 3.2 GB HD is already at the
> limit. IBM contends that the i Series is a closed design with no possible
> upgrade, but I have seen hard drive upgrades with BIOS overlays available at
> www.conrolmemory.com and at least one other place which I can't recall.
>
> I think that it is upgradable, but the Thinkpad probably needs to be
> disassembled to get at the drive. I know I could put a 12.5mm drive in there
> and have been looking at a Fujitsu 10.2 GB UDMA/33 drive. I would like to
> know if anyone has tried this at all before I start trying to get the
> service manual and do it myself.
>
> If anyone's looking at the i Series, I think they are very nice. The only
> thing with them is that IBM doesn't offer their EasyServ extended warranty
> past the first year, cutting their available warranty to only one year on
> all models. I wasn't very happy when I heard this, but I got a 3 year
> warranty with Circuit City for $220 which entails replacement of the
> notebook in case something can't be fixed, so I'm happy with that.
>
> I've had mine for about a year now and have been quite satisfied. There was
> a service issue with upgrading the BIOS, but it has been resolved. My NiMH
> battery is way off in alignment and it won't operate more than 15 minutes
> before the computer's power management kicks in, but the battery lasts for a
> good 2 hours. I have to get that replaced before it goes out of warranty
> with IBM. It also has an issue with the hard drive being excessively loud. I
> have had it replaced once, but it still makes the same noise, which make me
> wonder about the reliability of it. I don't know what model the hard drive
> is (IBM won't tell).
>
> Despite these problems, I really like it. The TrackPoint is vastly superior
> to all touchpads; this is after I thought that I liked the touchpads better.
> The full size keyboard is excellent, almost like typing on a regular
> keyboard and you get the nice wrist rest too. I also have RedHat Linux 6.1
> on a 1 GB partition which installs without a hitch.
>
> I would love to hear anyone else's experience with their i Series. I am
> considering doing the i Series web site, so if anyone has any good info
> about theirs, I would definitely put it on the site.
>
> George
> neurautr_at_uiuc.edu
>
>
>
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