And there is only 600, 600E and 600X listed in the pull down - the 
"mystery" of this Thinkpad 610 goes on ....

Cheers/2

Ed.


George Czerw wrote:
> ** Reply to message from Kenn Yuill  on
> Sun, 09 Jul 2006 07:21:36 -0400
> 
> Kenn,
> 
> Below is the link you can use to get info on any Thinkpad ever
> made:
> 
>
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?doctypeind=8&template=%2Fproductselection%2Flandingpages%2FonlinePublicationsLandingPage.vm&sitestyle=lenovo
> 
> 
> George
> 
>> Hi George,
>>
>> Thanks for confirming my suspicion that this unit is around 8 years old 
>> & would likely have limited RAM, 256 or 384 MiB, plus a
possible problem 
>> of recognizing an HDD > 6 GiB.  I will ask her to get the  model & 
>> series number from the unit, but she is away for 2 weeks & the
so-called 
>> technical chap may or may not respond to any request for information 
>> from me.  However, I will pass on your input for her perusal... thanks.
>>
>>
>> On 08/07/06 at 12:19, George Czerw wrote about the subject of
>> "[OS2HW] IBM Laptop Model 610?"
>>>  ** Reply to message from Kenn Yuill
 on Sat,
>>>  08 Jul 2006 10:38:36 -0400
>>>
>>>  Kenn,
>>>
>>>  I scoured IBM/Lenovo's websites and there is no IBM Thinkpad Model
>>>  610 listed anywhere. They only list models 600, 600E and 600X, which
>>>  were first introduced in 1998 and obsoleted in 1999.  The 600
& 600E
>>>  had Pentium II processors up to 366MHz, the 600x had a Mobile Pentium
>>>  III, either 500 or 650MHz.  I would have your wife try to get the
>>>  exact Model & Series information from the IBM service tag on the
>>>  boffom of the unit.  Then you can really figure out what it is.
>>>
>>>  The 600 series thinkpads were nice machines in their time, but I
>>>  wouldn't waste $$$ on one now, when you can buy refurbished 1.2 P4
>>>  notebooks online for $400!
>>>
>>>  George
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> I am not familiar with the model nos. of IBM laptops and my wife
>>>>> has an opportunity to purchase a used model 610 from
her employer
>>>>> for $120 CAD.  Her aim is to use this laptop for the short term,
>>>>> ~6 months, then replace it with a newer ThinkPad or Toshiba.  I
>>>>> did a search for this model on Lenovo's site with no hits, but
>>>>> see references to the 600 series on Bill Morrow's site,
>>>>> , such as battery
issues & an
>>>>> article on how to "mount a HDD over the 6 gig
limitation" for a
>>>>> "760X series".  Of course, the 600 series
may be newer & not
>>>>> suffer such a limitation.  However, I do not see any search
>>>>> facility on this site, which is a shame, so will have
to glean as
>>>>> much as possible from these articles.  I am interested
in knowing
>>>>> any problems &/or limitations from any current or former
>>>>> owner/users of a Model 610, or the 600 series, as well as any
>>>>> other site where reliable information is available.
>>>>>
>>>>> Would anyone offer advice on such a purchase? TIA.
>>                                 -oOo-  
>>
>> -- 
>>
>> Chimo,
>>       Kenn
>> _________________________________________________________
>>
>>  Always act as if life is a joyous journey. - K.A. Yuill
>>
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