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[Tim H.]

Gee Bill, you didn't even reply when I offered $20 plus shipping for the
convertible and the P70s last week.  Sorry, I don't have a good trade
offer and can't pick them up in person.

Tim

On Thu, 4 Jul 2002 20:31:14 -0500
Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> wrote:

> Third, I have a pair of IBM P70 portable (486?) systems with orange
> plasma displays.  When I got these, one powered up but gave a "bad HD"
> error code, one didnt power up at all.  I attempted to swap out the
> hard drives between the two, but after I tried that, neither would
> power up. I beleive they are both missing the back system cover, but
> would be great for replacement parts to keep another P70 running.
> 
> Fourth, I have an IBM PC Convertible laptop, with dual 720K floppy
> drives, LCD screen (of course), battery pack, and the I/O-port "pack",
> in original IBM canvas carry case.  Last time I fired it up (early
> '99?) the backlight was intermittent, but otherwise everything worked
> fine.  Great keyboard; might make a good serial console for something.