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Re: 750P



On Sun, 20 Jul 1997 13:58:02 -0400, Will Wilson wrote:

>Hi,
>I've been reading this list for several days and have found very little
>about the 750.  I need some help.  I know it's an old machine,
>(according to Support at IBM, a very old machine) but I only want to use
>
>it for word processing, faxing, and hopefully add it to the peer-to-peer
>
>network of my two desktop PCs. 

What OS, and how much RAM/HD space do you have?

 I've already got a H&A combo pcmcia.
>My problem is that I bought it from an auction and it came with no
>owner's manual, and it needs a battery.  IBM wants $174 for the manual

174 bucks for a manual?!?  I wonder how much Poopsales charges for that.

>and $199 for a battery.  Not a li-ion, mind you, just a regular battery.

Regular, like those cheap Nicads, or NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride)?

>
>I've found batteries for as little as $112, which still seems too much,
>but "you gotta do what you gotta do."

If it's NiMH, that's around average.  If it's NiCD, then "Yikes, too expensive!!!"

>If anyone can help me find an owner's manual at a reasonable price I
>would really appreciate it.

>Thanks for reading,
>Will
>jww@blueridge.net
>
Usually IBM will put on a online manual with the extension .INF, not related to Windows setup files.  This is 
usually the case especially if the system comes with OS/2 on it.
Regards,

Paul Khoury
pkhoury@earthlink.net