[Cialug] Hardware stuff

[James Shoemaker]

Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Josh More
> <morej at alliancetechnologies.net>wrote:
> 
>> A lot of you are far better at the hardware side of things than I am, so
>> I figure that a couple questions to the list will probably save me hours
>> of trying things and getting them wrong.
>>
>> Situation:  I have a used IBM Thinkpad X60 that I am rebuilding with
>> Linux.
>>
>> 1) There seems to be a built-in cellular card.  How do I determine which
>> of the many cell providers to talk to about what it would take to
>> activate it?
>>
> 
> If it's a GSM modem then it is likely t-mobile or AT&T. A GSM modem will
> have a sim card slot on it (a small smart-card like connector built for a
> card slightly bigger than a micro-sd card).
> 
> If there's no SIM card it's likely Verizon or Sprint.

   All thinkpads (that can handle the cell modem) have the sim card slot 
so that won't help.

James