thinkpad models

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

| From: David Tilbrook <dt-hKuJ9UrQZDM at public.gmane.org>

| It's an A31P according to the serial# and thinkwiki.

Bad news: I think that the A31p's USB ports are version 1.1.  That
means that they are inadequate for an external DVD burner.  You could
buy a PCMCIA card with USB 2.x ports.
  http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-58281.html

Good news: your T40 has two USB version 2.0 ports and should be able
to support an external DVD burner.
  http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-58185.html

I don't know what your docking station supports.  It may have an UltraBay, 
but an UltraBay drive is expensive.  (I have a pending order for an 
UltraBay Slim BluRay Burner at the laughable price of $35.07 but it isn't 
being processed after almost a month.  I guess that is how levovo deals 
with price errors.)

As far as PCMCIA USB cards:
These look good but are probably gone (there may be one in Woodbridge):
  http://www.factorydirect.ca/catalog/product_spec.php?pcode=AD1422
These are more expensive:
  http://www.factorydirect.ca/catalog/product_spec.php?pcode=US9032

The TechDirect, junk store on the south side of college, east of Spadina 
used to have things like that but I haven't looked recently.

You can find some at Canada Computers:
 http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProdList&cmd=pl&id=IOC.313.574
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