ThinkPad 760ELD
| Make | IBM |
| Model | ThinkPad 760ELD |
| Release Year | 1996 |
| CPU | 100MHz Intel Pentium |
| Memory | 16MB |
| GPU | Trident Cyber9320 |
| Storage | 810MB ATA HDD |
| OS | MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 |
This computer is sort of a wild ride. I originally wanted a ThinkPad counterpart to my PowerBook 1400, but this has turned into more of a "throw it at the wall and see what sticks" machine. I have had terrible luck with getting hard drives working and, so far, the only drive to work in this computer is the 810MB drive it came with. It had Windows 95 when I first received it, but I have since (attempted) to install (sometimes unsuccessfully) FreeDOS, MS-DOS 5, MS-DOS 6.22, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Slackware Linux 3.1, NetBSD 4.0.1, OS/2 Warp 3, OS/2 2.11, and Windows NT 3.51.
It came with an optical drive that died after the first time I used and and, just recently, I was able to get a floppy drive for it, and that makes things at least somewhat easier. Despite all these problems though, I absolutely love this laptop. It's a blast to play around with and it's honestly a great machine to tinker with. Presently it has MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11 installed on it, with all drivers installed. I would like to figure out the HDD compatibility as well as get more RAM for it (and maybe a working optical drive), but I'm quite happy with everything as it is.