Touche, Mr. Markowitz... I was being cheap, you were being a lot more far-sighted on this occasion...
Cheers, George -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Markowitz <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Sent: Tue, Feb 16, 2010 11:20 pm Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Putting a CF in a 570 Yes indeed. But the X31 has USB 2, which is way important. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:49 PM Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Putting a CF in a 570 > > I second that recommendation...X31 units have become quite inexpensive... > > Been a while since I've owned one, but didn't X24 had that slot as well? > > Cheers, > > George > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Markowitz <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; Andrew King <[email protected]>; [email protected] > Sent: Tue, Feb 16, 2010 10:45 pm > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Putting a CF in a 570 > > > If you pick up an X31 (and I see them around pretty cheap) I think that > > will do it. It has a built in CF slot. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald MacQueen" <[email protected]> > To: "Andrew King" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 10:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Putting a CF in a 570 > >> well ...... since it appears that I have toasted my bios, I probably >> >> won't > be using -this- 570. >> >> The Plan was to use Ubuntu and whatever its equivalent of Winamp is. >> >> Two, it is still not clear to me that the 570, even with an upgraded >> >> bios, > would 'see' the CF card in the adapter. >> >> All I need is a machine that -will- support CF boot, about 256 megs of > >> >> memory, and ethernet and sound connectors. >> >> ---- Original message ---- >>>Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:53:35 -0500 >>>From: Andrew King <[email protected]> >>>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Putting a CF in a 570 >>>To: [email protected] >>> >>>>> I am trying to turn my 57) into a netbook by using a Cf card and an >>>>> [snip] >>>> I meant netbook as a small diskless machine. This one is for internet >>>> radio and itunes. >>> >>>I've been thinking of setting up a 560X for internet radio. >>>What OS and software are you thinking of? >>> >>>Andrew in Ann Arbor >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Thinkpad mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad >> _______________________________________________ >> Thinkpad mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
