[Thinkpad] Re:Thinkpad 560x system restore, I have disks

From: "Dan Evans" n9rla(a-t)yahoo.com
> I'm nearing the end of my rope with this one!
>
> I recently bought a 560x on Ebay. It has 64megs ram, 4Gb HD, 233mmx,
and no operating system.
>
> OK, it also came with an external floppy drive. and boots to a C:>
prompt.
>
> I have an old copy of Win95 on floppy disks, so I loaded it up on the
> machine and everything seems to work fine. Except for the PCMCIA
ports, which means I can't get an external CD drive to work, or modem.
>
> I recently picked up an external CD ROM to use with it, it's an IBM
> 1969-010.
>
> I would like to get a newer version of windows installed, such as
Win98se, but I can't get it see the CD rom.

Dan
If the PCMCIA slots aren't working you may just need the IBM drivers.
I could send you the PCMCIA files on a floppy I downloaded for my solid
state 560x.
I also have a boot floppy that loads the external CD drivers for my EXP
CDrom, might work with an IBM drive? At least it would get you close.
I also have a restore CD copy (thanks to someone on this list) that
you'd be welcome to try.

Drop me a line and we should be able to get you sorted out.

-- 
Andrew in Ann Arbor
technology is the answer, what was the question?
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