From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Tue Apr 27 1999 - 01:41:13 EDT
John..
John Kim wrote:
> Others have answered most of these questions, so I'll just
> elaborate.
>
> On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Culley wrote:
>
> > I've just signed up for the list after picking up a cheap TP750c. I've
> > got a few questions.
> >
> > It has a 340 meg hard drive and I'm wondering if there are any cheap
> > 500+ meg drives any where?
>
> The 750 takes 19mm drives.
yes to 19mm, but only if you cut the bottom off of the plastic IBM HDD
shell..normal is 17mm for these machines..
in short, avoid a 19mm HDD..
> The standard nowadays is 12.5mm or
> 17mm.
true here..IBM 17mm drives are a bit faster, usually..
> If you want to buy a second hard drive so you can swap,
> then you're going to need a caddy (and you'll pay an arm and a
> leg for it).
if $75~ is an arm and a leg, true..
> if you just want a bigger drive, you can pop
> open the caddy for the 340 MB drive, and replace the drive
> with just about any 19mm,
not true, see above comments...
> 17mm,
yes and no..if it is a 810meg drive, yes, if above a 1.2gig drive, no..
at least not without more surgery..
> or 12.5mm drive.
ditto to above...
> There may be
> a size limit due to the 750's old BIOS - I believe someone
> said it was around 5 GB?
>
5 gigs is it..
> You'll need a jeweler's screwdriver to pry open the caddy and
> remove the two screws holding it shut. It's a bit daunting at
> first, but not very difficult.
>
> > Is this thing cardbus capable? I suppose not due to its age.
>
> It's not, but even if it were, the machine is slow enough that
> you probably wouldn't get much advantage from it. My PCMCIA
> ethernet card topped out at around 250 k/sec transfer speeds.
> When I put the same card in my 560, I was seeing transfer
> speeds up to 800+ k/sec.
>
> > I've installed linux on it and if anyone knows how to get X up and
> > running I'd appreciate some input.
>
> Check out the Linux Thinkpad page. I believe it has
> XF86Config files for the 750.
>
> http://peipa.essex.ac.uk/tp-linux/tp-linux.html
>
> --
> John H. Kim
> kim_at_stormhaven.org
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