[ltp] T42 Extra HD and Dual Monitor Config

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:43:36 +0200


On Fri, Jul 15, 2005 at 20:33:02 -0400, Andrew Haninger wrote:
> On 7/15/05, Alejandro Bonilla <abonilla@linuxwireless.org> wrote:
> > 1. Who has a T42 with an extra HD instead of the CD-ROM? How much$? Have
> > you seen it cheaper?
> When I bought my T42, I got the HDD adapter, too. I got it directly
> from IBM, so it may have been extra-expensive. I presumed it was
> proprietary and so I wouldn't really be able to find it anywhere else.

Yes, it's proprietary.

> I forget how much it was exactly, between $30 and 50? (probably
> something like $35). That was *just* the adapter, though. I had an

Sounds really cheap. When I looked for a UltraBay HD adapter for my A30
the price was ~65 EUR AFAIK. I ended up buying a 40 GB HDD with the
adapter included at eBay.

Regards,
Tino