Keith,
good you got it working :]
If i need info about laptops etc. i usually go here:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/

In the IBM / Lenovo subsection, there is lots ppl in the same boat - 
liking / tinkering with old IBM laptops and there is a lot good topics 
in this regard.

I'm in the same boat - i work mostly in unix / linux terminal and need 
precise tool for it -> trackpoint + 3 hardware 'mouse' keys and good 
resolution and good keyboard.

New Lenovo laps is a screwups with worse keyboard - oh my god, trackpad 
- wth is this, what genius thought it out?
Next 'bright spot' generally is NVIDIA Optimus - OMDG ...

But enough rambling, i'll stay positive and keep my 6yrs old R61 too :]]


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On 12/16/2014 11:21 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 09:55:19AM +0100, Karel Lang AFD wrote:
>> If I might ask, why do you need 32b for T61? I run 6yrs old
>> R61 and I run 64b on it from the start.
>> I'm not sure about T60, but it had 64b CPUs ready too?
>
> This is a helpful thought.  The T60 laptops are Socket M.
> Although the T60 I first tested SL7 on silently failed, it
> had a T2500 Core Duo processor, 32 bits.  I just scrounged
> up a T7200 Core *2* Duo processor, 64 bits, and installed it
> in that T60. SL7 is installing on that machine now.
>
> I just ordered some allegedly new T7200s for $8 each, and those
> (plus spare complete laptops, and spare screens, fans, AC adapters,
> docking cradles, and keyboards) should last my wife and I until
> our brains shrivel.  I'll occasionally test with the latest
> Fedora Live distro for early warning of future incompatibility.
>
> The T7600 is 16% faster, but 6x more expensive, and probably
> burns more power.  The T7200 seems the lowest risk.
>
> The batteries will die soonest, but we should be able to get the
> old batteries refurbished with new cells (there are companies
> that do this for power tools).  After that, electromigration of
> copper up through gold plating on connectors, then oxidation,
> will doom these machines.
>
> And who knows?  After everyone has bought their wide screen (AKA
> vertically challenged) laptops, manufacturers will probably start
> pushing tall screens again.  Or headmounts.  Or brain implants.
> The current fad is bigger and bigger handhelds with asymptotically
> vanishing sound quality - laptops will become popular again in
> order to make voice telephone calls.
>
> Keith
>