From: Mark Bell (bytehead_at_bellatlantic.net)
Date: Mon Feb 28 2000 - 23:49:16 EST
The 95491AU's are P233MMX machines with as you
said the 14.1" TFT. I purchased dozens of them
back in 1998 for clients and they didn't come
with EVAs. Did they change this later in their
deployment cycle or specially configure them?
Mark
At 07:06 PM 02/28/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi Mark,
>the 9549-1AU 770 also came with the DVD Enhanced Video Adapter as
>Standard...I've bought a few of these lately, specifically because the
>Adapter and 14.1" display is standard on this unit...
>
>Have a Great Day,
>Denis Hall, Michigan
>
>
>>Only the 770ED (95495AU) came with the Enhanced Video
>>Adapter as standard. The 770 (95491AU, 954932U),
>>770X (95497BU, 95497AU, 954972U, 954971U),
>>and 770Z (95498BU, 95498AU, 954982U, 954981U)
>>all came WITHOUT the enhanced adapter. To
>>complicate matters even more, early adapters
>>only worked with the 770, and not the 770X
>>or 770Z. I was always perplexed as to why
>>IBM didn't include the EVA as standard issue
>>for the X and Z models with DVD drives
>>Comparisons aside, the Z series of machines
>>can handle rudimentary software decoding
>>but as always for best effects, I recommend
>>the Margi card or EVA.
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>At 04:37 PM 02/28/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Mike,
>>>
>>>>>Windows 2K will not do DVD unless
>>>it is hardware accelerated, or at least that
>>>is what a friend has told me, more
>>>than once... so I believe it requires the
>>>enhanced video adapter. I'm surprised that
>>>the model you have does not include it, I have
>>>a 9549/5AU and it came with everything in it....<<
>>>
>>>Well that's one of my questions. Does the 9549 8AU have the Video Adapter
>>>or not? Unlike my TP770, for which I bought the optional Enhanced Video
>>>Adapter, it does not have any video outputs/inputs under the battery slot.
>>>Does that mean it does not have the adapter?
>>>
>>>-Bill
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: William Armstrong [mailto:warmstrong_at_waldinc.com]
>>>> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 2:22 PM
>>>> To: ThinkPad List
>>>> Subject: Clean install of W2K & DVD drive
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To all,
>>>>
>>>> I have done a clean install of W2K on a TP770Z (9549 8AU).
>>>> Everything works
>>>> quite well if not better than Win'98SE, except that I can no
>>>> longer play DVD
>>>> movies (as a side note: I just got a DVD copy of the "Everest"
>>>> movie that I
>>>> am keen to watch). Does anyone know why I cannot play DVD's? Following
>the
>>>> conversations at the TP770 forum on the IBM website I am getting the
>>>> impression that I need, but do not now have, the necessary
>>>> software decoder
>>>> that was included with the TP770Z Win'98 preinstall. Does anyone know if
>>>> this is the case? Or, does W2K just not support the DVD drive in the
>TP770
>>>> unless one has the optional Enhanced Video Adaptor?
>>>>
>>>> Bill Armstrong
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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