IBM 380XD came in the mail today,,no kidding

newnewbie · 05-22-2007, 10:05 PM

Yep ,just got a blast from the past delivered today

I.B.M. think pad 380XD with g-e-n-u-i-n-e intell pentium mmx inside
my intention is to have fun with it and use it as a "legacy" machine for e-mailing and news surfing and the occasional "loaner laptop"

now heres where i could use some help,

I really want to upgrade it to the max .
how biggerfasterbetter can i make it? where do i get upgrade parts for something so old?

since it wasn't intended for windows ME, where can i find some windows NT or95 to re-install?
the power supply i can dig up on my own.
This is gonna be a blast to fool around with.
I will keep you posted

**Fox** · 05-22-2007, 10:29 PM

What are the exact specs on the machine?

The most you can realistically hope to upgrade are the hard drive and the RAM, but that can do a lot for an old machine.

I'd check out Linux if you haven't already- there are some slim but very capable distributions that run well on old hardware.

newnewbie · 05-22-2007, 11:24 PM

Hello fox, thanks for the speedy reply

heres the specs(I think) 32mb ram,2gb hard drive ,233 MHZ pentium MMX. and of course the win. ME realy slows it way down. I am totaly un familliar with linux. so what would you reccomend?
stay tuned folks,this is gonna be fun.
-edit,change of plan-
I am going to give this one to a guy who could realy use it.

**TheMatt** · 05-23-2007, 02:24 PM

I would wipe Windows and put DSL on it. Anything else will be very slow.

05-22-2007, 10:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
newnewbie Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 52 OS: Vista	IBM 380XD came in the mail today,,no kidding Yep ,just got a blast from the past delivered today I.B.M. think pad 380XD with g-e-n-u-i-n-e intell pentium mmx inside my intention is to have fun with it and use it as a "legacy" machine for e-mailing and news surfing and the occasional "loaner laptop" now heres where i could use some help, I really want to upgrade it to the max . how biggerfasterbetter can i make it? where do i get upgrade parts for something so old? since it wasn't intended for windows ME, where can i find some windows NT or95 to re-install? the power supply i can dig up on my own. This is gonna be a blast to fool around with. I will keep you posted

05-22-2007, 10:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
Fox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 7,752 OS: XP Pro, CentOS My System	Re: IBM 380XD came in the mail today,,no kidding What are the exact specs on the machine? The most you can realistically hope to upgrade are the hard drive and the RAM, but that can do a lot for an old machine. I'd check out Linux if you haven't already- there are some slim but very capable distributions that run well on old hardware. __________________ Antec Neo Power 500W, ABIT IP35-E, Intel E2180@2.66Ghz, Corsair XMS2 2x1GB DDR2-800, PNY 8800GT, 320GB Seagate * lazy college student alert *- If I've inadvertently ignored a thread, please Let me know about it Have I helped you solve your problem? Donate to Techsupportforums Klart Skepp!

05-22-2007, 11:24 PM	#3 (permalink)
newnewbie Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 52 OS: Vista	Re: IBM 380XD came in the mail today,,no kidding Hello fox, thanks for the speedy reply heres the specs(I think) 32mb ram,2gb hard drive ,233 MHZ pentium MMX. and of course the win. ME realy slows it way down. I am totaly un familliar with linux. so what would you reccomend? stay tuned folks,this is gonna be fun. -edit,change of plan- I am going to give this one to a guy who could realy use it. Last edited by newnewbie; 05-22-2007 at 11:50 PM. Reason: Change of Plans

05-23-2007, 02:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
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