When the wife worked for Harley-Davidson, she got a brand new 755 or 760 ThinkPad complete with dock and all the goodies. I seem to recall that the cost was around $7k for everything.
Nice machine. I bought a 760 a few years later in a surplus auction. Great machine, built like a brick doghouse. Dan Sent from my iPhone On Nov 15, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Rich Thomas <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > I have a couple of truly antique Thinkpads, they are at least 15 yr old, > maybe a couple more. Last time I fired the oldest one up it booted up (I > measured the time on the calendar) and did what it was doing back when I got > it. I worked for Lotus right after it was bought by IBM, and everyone had > Thinkpads. We had some personnel actions, were left in a vacuum for a few > weeks, it was my estimable job to clean out an office or two.... I had a > dock for one, with a CD and I think maybe a second HD, but my wife disposed > of it one day for reasons unclear. > > --R > > On 11/15/11 12:09 PM, Greg Fiorentino wrote: >> There is a marketplace for members only. You just need to register to >> access that forum. >> >> http://forum.thinkpads.com/ >> >> There are forums which deal with the new, the obsolescent and the truly >> antique. >> >> Greg >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] >> On Behalf Of Craig >> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 7:15 PM >> To: mercedes@okiebenz.com >> Subject: [MBZ] ThinkPads [was Re: Computer meets coke] >> >> On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:35:29 -0800 "Greg Fiorentino" >> <gf...@dslnorthwest.net> wrote: >> >>> I have usually purchased through thinkpads.com, also a terrific support >>> community. Look at the feedback forum for the vendor who has what you >>> want. >> Is that http://forum.thinkpads.com/ ? I don't see anything there that >> indicates vendors. And the main site, http://www.thinkpads.com/ , only >> talks about new computers (which I don't want). >> >> >> >>> Did I mention how easy it is to work on these machines? Complete >>> "workshop manuals" are available free online. These units are meant to >>> be maintained and repaired, not thrown away. >> No, you did not, but it's nice to know. >> >> >> Craig >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
