one man's junk is another's treasure...

[RamboPreacher]

I have the following, free to a good J2 poster (or lurker) home:
IBM Thinkpad 600 (yes, kinda old)
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mo ... 00tech.pdf
works, battery does not hold much of a charge.
has a docking station (port replicator), AC adapter, internal CDROM (NOT DVD), external floppy drive

If you want it, please PM me. I have only one prerequisite:
you will actually be able to and will use it, and that you are not getting it in order to resell it.

Would be good for a backup system, or a web browser, or email system or the like. will not come with an installed OS or software.

[Gerald Creasy]

will not come with an installed OS or software.

So how would one go about installing an OS?

[RamboPreacher]

given away. thanks for everyone's interest and PM's.

[CantBCoy]

could always put a free copy of linux on it if you don't have an old windows os lying around...

Wow I posted something that didn't say anything about the election and Mike Huckabee in it.

[RamboPreacher]

will not come with an installed OS or software.

So how would one go about installing an OS?

The operating system is installed, usually, by booting the computer from the CD that the OS comes on. or in the case of older OS's, booting from a floppy was common.

examples:
DOS 5.x/6.x -
insert DOS boot disk in floppy drive (that's attached to the computer)
turn on the computer
follow the on-screen install prompts to install the OS.

Windows version x -
Insert Windows OS CD in the CD drive.
turn on the computer
watch carefully for the boot from CD prompt and when it asks if you really want to boot from the CD, press a key.
as the CD launches, follow the on-screen prompts to install the OS.

Note that this, and other older systems will not run Vista, probably won't run Windows XP, and only might run Windows 2000.

and - yup linux install could happen as well. there are places on the Internet that has those available.