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Thinkpad A22p with Dock II (and external GPU) (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 month ago by lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de to c/thinkpad@feddit.org

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[–] lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am really proud of this machine, I made sure to build the best variant possible:

modded IPS display from an A31p
dual boot with Windows 98SE + XP
BIOS downgrade for DOS compatibility
undamaged base cover from an A22m
original software from an A20p recovery CD that eggi36 recently uploaded to archive.org
hinges sanded down and made smooth again
nearly unused keyboard without any shinyness from an A21
replaced ADP3421 (the device originally had blink of death)
ThinkPad Dock II with a silent Noctua fan and an ATI Radeon 9250SE

It took me several years to make this machine as "perfect" as possible with various parts. While I have several other ThinkPads that I really like, the A22p was the very first notebook I ever bought and therefore has a special nostalgic value.

The only thing I'm missing is a 1GHz Mobile Pentium III, this one only has the 900MHz variant (for now).

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Beautiful