Subj : Thinkpad Nostalgia
To   : All
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Thu Mar 09 2023 00:00:13


I went through a box of old equipment I had in storage and found my old IBM Thinkpad X60 from several jobs ago. It's a transitional generation, has both IBM and Lenovo logos.

It's got a 1.8 Ghz Core 2 duo, only a 32-bit CPU. 2 GB of RAM. I took out the 500 GB hybrid SATA drive I'd put into it in 2014, and replaced it with a 256GB SSD.

The battery is holding a full charge!

I did some digging around on the 'net to find a current 32-bit OS. NetBSD was intriguing, as is BunsenLabs Linux, but Linux Mint Debian edition still comes in a 32-bit edition.

The keyboard is a little cramped, but I used to type on this thing non-stop. It might take some getting used to.

It's a tiny little thing, with a mouse and a power supply it'll fit into a XS sized Timbuk2 messenger bag - my next quest.

Did I mention I'm typing on it right now? I opened a terminal program and telnetted to my BBS, and the graphics characters look pretty good...
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