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On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> Hi Sindi,
> Actually, the IBM ThinkPad 500 is a pretty unique little machine. It is
> the predecessor of the 500 series, the first practical sub-notebook in the
> line, runs on a 486slc, 50 mHz. I've gotten Windows 95 to run on it in the

I have the 560X, upped to 96MB, 233MHz.  Very small and light.
Mine I think has Trident video which is VESA 2.0 and framebuffer 
compatible.  I made a framebuffer BL3.5

http://keesan.freeshell.org/bl/bl35fdfb.zip but I doubt yours does 
framebuffer.  (I replaced the kernel and Xvesa with a fb kernel and 
Xfbdev, and also changed the collection of modules).

> original 4mb RAM. I've increased the RAM to the maximum 12mb a few months
> back, but returned to DOS for the OS, with Desqview/X for the GUI. It does

I ran BL1 on a 486 with 12MB and 640x480 res.  It required a special 
XF86Config file which I found on the internet.  BL3 should work as well.
75MHz Compaq LTE 486DX4.

> run well enough, but I would prefer to do what I gather many would feel
> impossible; install a more modern OS. More importantly, I want for it to
> have network capabilities. Did manage that once, with Windows 95, but aside
> from the machine I'm on, trying to stay away from Microsoft's products.

Do you have a non-cardbus pcmcia network card?

> Currently, the 500 runs BL great on the command line. I'll be doing a
> standard install of BasicLinux and changing to the alternate X server.
> Thanks for all,

What do you want to use it for?
You can use it as a terminal with a wireless card (airo or orinoco).

There are small linuxes specifically for networking.

> Rob

Sindi