Questions about IBM Think Pad 365X . . .

[PerryTexan]

I just purchased an IBM Think Pad laptop for a pretty reasonable price, and in order to make it fully compatible with the stuff I have at home, I need to get a port replicator.

I know there are several different models of Think Pads that use the same equipment (such as batteries, power supplies, etc.), and so I'm thinking that there might be several that use the same port replicator as the 365X I have; unfortunately, none of the ones I've been able to find specifically LIST the 365X/XD, so I don't know if they'll work or not.

Has anybody got information about what port replicators WILL work with the 365X?

This laptop also came with a puny 1.08GB hard drive, and with only the installation of W98, it is nearly full, so a hard drive upgrade is in the plans; as such, does anyone know what chipset this laptop used, and therefore, how big a hard drive is supported with that chipset (it's got an Intel P120 chip in it). I'm thinking that chipsets from that era only supported about 8.4GB, but I read in the IBM online forums that these computers would only be able to "see" about 4.0GB; if this is the case, then I wouldn't gain anything by adding a larger drive to it.

Any information regarding these items would be grealy appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

 

[PerryTexan]

Anybody have any ideas . . . ?

 

[Herr Yunta]

Click on docking station

 

[PerryTexan]

Hi, Herr Yunta--

I appreciate your response, but here is what I stated in my previous message:

"I know there are several different models of Think Pads that use the same equipment (such as batteries, power supplies, etc.), and so I'm thinking that there might be several that use the same port replicator as the 365X I have"

I have already visited the site your referenced, and know of that port replicator; unfortunately, it does not appear to be available new. Therefore, I posed the question in hopes that SOMEONE might happen to know what OTHER port replicators will work with this laptop.

 

[Herr Yunta]

Nope, sorry thats the only one IBM ever made for it.

 

[PerryTexan]

Hi, Herr Yunta--

So, you're telling me that the 365 series of laptops is the proprietary, and that no other port replicator will work with it? Forgive me for being skeptical, but there are several different laptops of different families that use many of the same parts, as I described in my original post. For instance, part number 11J8997 will fit the 380, 385 and 560, 570, 390 and 325 series laptops, and part number 02k8667 fits the A20 and T20 series laptops.

I also know that there are docking stations that utilize different "docking plates", and many of those are used by several different laptop families as well. I just cannot believe that THAT particular port replicator is the ONLY one that will work with my laptop; there has to be others, based on how IBM uses a modular scheme in their parts.

 

[PerryTexan]

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[Workin']

Don't know about the port replicator - isn't the 365 an all-in-one unit (CD, floppy, HD) all built in? If that's so then chances are good that there isn't a wide selection of compatible replicators. Seems to me the 365 was sort of a "bastard child" ThinkPad.....

Regarding the hard drive, I wouldn't get one bigger than 4 or maybe 6 GB, some old thinkpads can't see more than that, as you indicated.