Hi Keith,
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?

cheers,


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On 12/16/2014 01:51 AM, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 04:46:29PM +0100, Karel Lang AFD wrote:
>> The laptops you talk about are 6+ yrs old now ...  will be 12yrs then.
>> After that its museum piece :].
>
> Again - the reason for 32 bit is not that I cherish old CPUs with
> inadequate RAM - but that I am currently looking at a 15 inch diagonal
> (12x9 inch) 2048x1536 matt finish screen on a laptop, and such useful
> screens are no longer made.  Indeed, I start with 1600x1200 production
> laptops and replace the displays with ultra-high resolution NEC
> prototypes that some friends and I bought when Microsoft refused to
> support them.  They just happen to fit the T60 after some firmware
> hacking.  Production laptops are now made for watching movies and
> playing games when the boss isn't looking.
>
> I do crazy stuff like write A or A4 size papers, construct high
> resolution graphs, and fill screens with lots of xterms with
> beautifully rendered text.  Chromebook is interesting, but the
> screen is small and my visual acuity is decreasing.  I guess that
> makes me a museum piece, too. :-)
>
> There is a promising local startup that hopes to custom build laptops,
> using a kit of plug-together boards fit into a 3D-printed case (!!!).
> But I don't understand how they will survive, much less where I will
> find more 12x9 inch LCDs in the future.  That is why I stockpiled
> what I have, and accept reduced rendering speed.
>
> And that is why I ask here; if anybody runs old machines for
> compatibility reasons, it would be experimental scientists running
> multi-year data collections.  Perhaps scientists doing very high
> resolution imaging.  There appear to be Thinkpad T60s deployed all
> over the International Space Station in the pictures I've seen.
> Yet another museum piece ...
>
> Keith
>