![]() ![]() The ThinkPad is generally considered the unofficial laptop of hackerdom, so it’s no surprise that we see plenty of projects focused on repairing and modifying these reliable workhorses. Posted in laptops hacks Tagged e-ink, IBM Thinkpad, laptop If you want to experiment with a less expensive e-ink project, have a look at the PaperTTY project for your Raspberry Pi. Do check out the extensive list of e-ink references on his project page, too. It’s a pretty ambitious project. We’re looking forward to following his progress and see how the finished laptop goes together. But if you really want the reduced eye-strain of e-ink in a laptop format, you’re going to have to shell out for it. They’re still in the $1000+ price range, more expensive than many laptops. Unfortunately, these displays haven’t gone down in price since 2018. It is driven over HDMI and is perfect fit for the Thinkpad enclosure. This particular model ES133TT3 display is 13.3 inches (about 40 cm) with a much-better-than-normal laptop resolution of 2200 x 1650 pixels. His plan is to shoehorn the e-ink panel into a “headless” Thinkpad T480 laptop. got his inspiration from an earlier Dasung Paperlike Pro teardown that we covered back in 2018. Once you see his plan, it’s not as crazy as it sounds. The solution? Make your own e-ink laptop. prefers the reduced eye-strain of an e-ink display, but he doesn’t have a portable solution to use at different work stations. Posted in laptops hacks, Retrocomputing Tagged Framework laptop, IBM Thinkpad, Thinkpad 701c If you’ve never seen the 701c’s keyboard - or you just want to see it again - here you go: ![]() Understandably not many 701c owners have dived inside their machines, but we have previously brought you a contemporary processor upgrade. We’d normally be slightly upset were someone to butcher something as unusual as a 701c, however, in thic ase we can see that it turns a broken computer into one that should see quite a bit of use. We’re told that the design files will all eventually be put online should anyone else want to try. Meanwhile, a Teensy handles that unique keyboard. This will hold the Framework board with its USB-C ports at the edge, so in the place of its USB-based expansion modules, he’s made a custom external port replicator. This is very much a work in progress, so there will be plenty more to come, but so far, he’s taken the display panel from an iPad and made it work with the Framework board, and designed an entirely new lower case for the Thinkpad. ![]() has one that’s profoundly dead, and rather than use it as a novelty paperweight, he’s giving it a new lease of life with a Framework motherboard. It would be an unremarkable mid-1990s 486 laptop were it not for the party piece of that flip-out butterfly keyboard (see video, below). Over the many years that the line has been available, there have been a few models which have captured the attention more than others, and among those, probably the most sought-after is the ThinkPad 701c. They’re prized for their rugged design, longevity, and good software support. An IBM (or, later, Lenovo) ThinkPad is a popular choice in our community. ![]()
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