From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Mon Nov 15 1999 - 23:54:12 EST
the 755CX memory limit is 40megs.. period..
Charles & Melinda McDaniel wrote:
> Will this 72 Meg upgrade work on a 755cx P-75.???.if it will I'd like to
> know so I can try it I've got 40 megs in it now and it really isn't enough..
> now if I could just find a good video driver for mine I'd be ok this one
> from WD on the win 98 CD bites..anyone know of any drivers for a 755cx.
>
> Charles & Melinda McDaniel
>
> Charles' E-Mail CMcDaniel_at_cableone.net
>
> Melinda's E-Mail SMcDaniel_at_cableone.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: James H. E. Maugham <captjhem_at_waterw.com>
> To: Denis Hall <denhall_at_ismi.net>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, November 14, 1999 11:20 PM
> Subject: Re: TP 755: updating to Win 98 probs?
>
> > On 12 Nov 99, at 22:17, Denis Hall wrote:
> >
> > > In my experiences, I've been disappointed on most of the ThinkPads
> > > running Win98...but perhaps I've not configured in most optimized
> > > manner... but I certainly have been more pleased with Win95 on the 755's
> > > I've used.
> >
> > When I got my first Beta of W98 and installed it on one of my Pentium
> 755s, I
> > was less than happy with the result, both from the standpoint of an actual
> > slowing of the machine's overall performance as well as the relatively
> > enormous amount of disk space it seemed to require.
> >
> > IIRC we had quite a discussion at the time here on the list about the
> efficacy
> > of running W98 on the older TPs, with the consensus of opinion at that
> time
> > being to stick with W95, especially OS2, because of the lack of support
> for
> > the older units. I wound up removing the Beta and re-installing W95. When
> I
> > got the Beta 3 I installed it again to see if there had been any
> improvement
> > and wound up leaving it on a 755 FBK as a test bed.
> >
> > I don't know if it was from any added support from IBM (I don't recall any
> new
> > drivers from them for W98 on the 755) or simply a teething process of
> getting
> > everything "just so", but I've since loaded W98 SE on all of my older
> pentiums
> > with very good results. The non-pentium units are still running W95
> however.
> >
> > > James, your *rumor* of 72mb possibility on 755 has me looking around
> > > for DIMM's : )
> > > I've got a couple of the DIMM adapters here and a few CD and CX
> models...
> > > will test out hypothesis if I can dig up the parts...
> >
> > Let me know how you make out! Even with all of the 75X series parts I have
> > lying about, I don't have a single DIMM adapter. :-(
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > James
> >
-- Happy trails...** Bill Morrow ** :-) WEB page http://thinkpads.com e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net
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