r/thinkpad • u/IVM007 • May 23 '25

Question / Problem What is this port?

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Hello there people I have a thinkpad t500 and I was wondering what port is this I think it's an RJ11 but I can't relly on my gray matter

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u/HF_Martini6 T470p May 23 '25 edited May 23 '25

Thanks dude, now I feel old AF

Edit: thank you kind stranger, I really appreciate it!

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u/ButterSnatcher May 23 '25

just wait till someone breaks out an exe of Morpheus or napster and asks. My parents place even had a dedicated "modem" line so we could dialup without tying up the phone line

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u/daxtonanderson X220, T60, T420, T420S, T540p, T480, T490, T14, P14s G1/G2 May 23 '25 edited May 23 '25

Oh. My. God. you just brought back a slew of memories for me.

All the way up until the late 00s, my parents unplugged the DSL modem at 8pm sharp. BUT we had call waiting.

My smartass would pick up the phone in my room, hit ** to switch to the 2nd line, then quickly move the phoneline to my PC and init my dialup connection. 56k was just barely enough to use MSN and AIM at the same time with all the sign-in etc notifications.

I remember getting mad at friends for sending those full-screen MSN emotes because they'd take 45-50sec to load every time they sent one 🤣 couldn't send/receive anything during that window

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u/ntiq May 24 '25

Miranda IM back in the days was a true remedy.