Chuck McKinnis wrote:

Are you in the states?

Mark Henigan replied:

Sort of.  I live in California, if that qualifies me.  :->

If so, drop me an email before you buy.  Friends of IBMers (active and retired) can get a pretty good price on an IBM refurbished T43.

When I get focussed on one or two I'll forward you
the eBay URLs.

Thank you for your help!

- Mark

Mark Henigan

You might want to take a look here, but you cannot get in without an IBM serial number and name.  Send me an email if you would like to go browsing.  I don't want to publish the name and number to a newsgroup.

http://www-132.ibm.com/content/home/store_eppus/en_US/epplogin.html

Hello Chuck:

I looked at

  Home > Notebook > Refurbished > ThinkPad T Series

but found not one T43p.  T61 was the bottom of the
line.  Was I looking in the wrong place?  I need a
T43p or older to maintain compatibility with my
docking stations.

Did I go to the right section?

Thank You!

- Mark

Mark Henigan

I see 10 T43s, a T43p, and some T42s and even a T41 (in fact, I only see one T60 and one X60).
After you logon to the page Chuck sent... Click on Notebooks (about the middle of the page).
If you somehow ended up at the "Clearance Corner" then I only see 60's there.  But I can get a lower price on the new T400s than I can on the 60s at the "Clearance Corner" (haven't gotten my hands on one long enough yet to see if I can load eCS on a T400).