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Re-badging a ThinkPad A31p (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by wesker@lemmy.sdf.org to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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I've been slowly restoring this IBM ThinkPad A31p to its former glory. I've also been doing a few upgrades along the way: (P4 2.4Ghz, mSATA to IDE adapter, Wireless-N card, etc.)

One of the few, final cosmetic touch ups left was to replace the worn out Pentium badge. I managed to source a reproduction badge that looks accurate, so I thought I'd share the before and after.

Before

After

I think it turned out pretty well!

EDIT: compressed the images a bit.

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[+] unix_joe@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is my very first ThinkPad ever. I always drooled over these early 00s models at the local electronics shop, but I was just a poor highschooler then.

It's currently a very overpowered Win98 machine, while I get some late 90s gaming out of my system. Then I might blast to another part of my past, and install Linux-Mandrake on it for a while.

I got the badge from some Hong Kong seller on ebay, who has an excellent and spot on selection of old PC stickers.

[–] cfenollosa@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

What a beauty!

[–] gsdf@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Nice work, that looks great!

[–] cognitivegears@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very nice work! Do you happen to have a link to where you found this? An archive of old stickers would be fantastic to hold onto.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

This is the eBay seller. Has a pretty great selection. Prices are ehh, but they are of surprisingly great quality. Shipping is from China, so it took a couple weeks to arrive.

[–] dekkzz76@emacs.ch 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@wesker

what screen res is the a31p?

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Surprisingly, it's an IPS screen with a 1600x1200 res.