Re: [Thinkpad] TP240x or another small Thinkpad

no dock that i ever saw..
the extended life battery gives good run time..
it extends under the back of the base like a scrunched
candybar.. about half an inch thick.. amybe a bit less..
three eights of an inch..
works very well with w2k and wifi is achived with an orinoco
PCMCIA card..
won't boot from a USB CD..
so loading an OS can be tricky..

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Cordially,
Bill Morrow
(from NetFinity Server)
web page: http://www.thinkpads.com
bill@thinkpads.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Wiseman" <thinkpad@sus2.net>
To: "Bryan Daum" <bryandaum@comcast.net>
Cc: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 2:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] TP240x or another small Thinkpad

> On Thu, 4 Sep 2003 22:06:51 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >Glad to see your post....I just noticed that there were
240 and 240x
> >machines that I hadn't noticed. Were there others in that
line?
>
> Just those two, then IBM went on to the X series.
>
> >You say there were battery problems and "larger add-ons"?
>
> All the reviews I read of the 240 found the short battery
time to be
> one of its main negatives, and with reason. 1 to 1.5 hours
is max, and
> I often get less when online via modem, though I'm still
on the
> original battery after 4 years.
>
> IBM offered an optional battery, which I've never seen but
supposedly
> increased the usable time to 3 hours. (Why couldn't they
have just
> made it standard?) It is larger in that it extends
somewhat beyond the
> bottom of the case.
>
> >Any other problems? What kind of a dock did they
have, -did you have a dock
> >with yours?
>
> I don't know if the 240 was any more prone to defects than
other TP
> models, but mine was in for repair on 2 occasions - to
replace the
> cable to the LCD, and to replace the system board. It's
been out of
> warranty for some time now, without any further problems.
I've
> traveled with it a lot and consider it very road worthy.
>
> I don't know if a dock was available, but unlike the 701
which had a
> latch-on port bay, the 240 has all the connections
accessible on the
> sides and back of the case.
>
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