Its been a pretty good weekend.

I purchased two x220 thinkpads one i5 the other i7 and a x200 for less than £105

They were suppose to be 'spares n repairs' but the x200 only needed stripping, cleaning and rebuilding, the i7 was clean but had issues arising from what I think was a bad bios flash and a damaged keyboard

The i5 needs work, I suspect the system board needs replacing as I am getting a 'fan error' even after replacing the fan / cooling.

But all in all.. very happy.

Next up will be getting a Pomona Clip and a Rasp Pi or cha341a....