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The IBM hardware repair manual (ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ pc/ pccbbs/ mobiles/ vol4hmm.pdf - take the spaces out of the URL first) has a nice diagram on page 341 of all of the accessible ports and buttons from a top view. There should be two PCMCIA slots on the righthand side near the back hinge. If your machine has a modem (and not of them do), it would be on the lefthand side, also near the back hinge (look forward a few pages).

If your machine doesn't have a modem, you'll need to use a PCMCIA modem or an external serial modem. Either of those are hard to come by these days. I'm looking through my box of junk to see what I used to use for a modem back in the W31 and W95 days. I have a USRobotocs 56K card modem that worked fine on a W95 laptop and a 28.8K Intel modem that was originally on a W31 machine that later was used on a W95 box. The trick is to find a modem that fully emulates a serial port with a modem attached, not a 'soft modem' as the portless modems were later called. Those used the laptop's processor to handle the data rather than an independent processor. For those modems, you need the specific driver and you're not likely to find it.

The more expensive (at the time) modems just looked like serial ports with modems attached. Those will run just fine on pretty much anything. Besides the Intel and USR modem cards, Hayes also had one - the one I've got is an older 19.2K and I don't know if there was a faster one.

If your laptop doesn't have one or you don't have the correct drivers (check the IBM website), then it might be time to make a trip to your local computer flea market.

ThinkPad 760EL/ELD Help Site:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product...

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