From: Bill Morrow - http://thinkpads.com (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Thu Sep 03 1998 - 15:26:03 EDT
Mr. Williams..
prologue: the next generation TP (770XD or 775??) should announce soon.. very
soon.. it is expected to have a P-II, 300mhz cpu, a 13.7TFT display (yes,
smaller!) AND (hopefully) the 100mhz buss (which means it will also have the
intel BX chipset)...
now, it has not been announced, yet, and the 100mhz buss is a TRY TO DO IT
thing in the time allowed before announcement..
(this IS gossip)
now, for the meat FWIW...
J. Williams wrote:
> Resending...
>
> Hi, I am interested in the 770ED but I have several questions before I
> make my decision.
>
great machine.. supports UP TO 288megs of memory, as of last week..
> I would like to hook up a MIDI cable to it. What would I need? Would the
> Selectabase 770 be the ideal? Or, is there a USB or PC Card solution?
>
selectabase has the midi/joystick port..USB would be better..
i don't do many games, so i'm not up to date on devices for game/music USB, et
al.,
> Same questions for gamepads and joysticks.
>
> I haven't read much about the Selectabase 770. Any comments?
>
nice unit.. cost is about $200..i would try for the above USB device..
> I read in a previous message that the hard drive may not be fast enough
> for video capture. Advice?
>
the 8.1gig is one of the FASTEST notebook drives available..it all depends
upon how many frames per second you want to capture..
> Does it ship with Win 95 or 98? How easy is it to install NT4.0
> (dual-boot)?
>
i have not done a dual boot, but i HAVE done win95B, win98 (several times<G>)
and NT4 with SP3..don't use NT, i was just trying it..
> What exactly is "3d sound?" Does it support Wave table audio?
>
i don't really know, but the sound FWIW is much better than on earlier TP's..
> Any opinions on connecting mice? Microsoft wheel mouse versus IBM's
> trackpoint.
>
the trackpoint is fine..anyplace..
my finger, DOES tend to get tired on occasion..
on the keyboards for my desk type systems..
the 770 has a suporior trackpoint...
> Does it support 24-bit color on the LCD. I know that it has 4M of VRAM but
> there is conflicting information on the IBM web site that states it has
> true color; but the matrix document shows that only 18 bit color is
> supported (ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/mobiles/thsmatrx.pdf). Which
> is it?
>
not sure.. BUT, it does not complain when i turn on the 24bit color..and the
color is super on the display..
> Any recommended mail-order dealers? Any to avoid?
>
anyplace that you can get a good deal..see notes "prologue" above.. :-)
> Any news on the 770X? Latest 770? Any specifications?
>
ditto.. see above..
> Thanks, John
--Happy Trails...
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