From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Jul 08 2002 - 12:40:46 EDT
I have run lots of 760ED's on Selectadock 2 and 3
First of all, IBM says that USB will not work'
WRONG
If you use OSR2 or above (98 is better), the USB ports are detected and
work.
You can also put in a DVD drive and a Hollywood Magic card, and DVD will
work fine on an external monitor
Not a rare config at all, been there, done that.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Wentzien" <Beastly_Clarinet_at_hotmail.com>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: 760XL, Selectadock III, and PCI Video Card
> Well, let me sum up how I got to where I am, don't know whether or not you
> really care, but here goes. A comp store had 760C that they had gotten as
> payment for a desktop repair. The manager sold it to me on the side as
I'm
> a student in high school and felt sorry for me (painted my grandparents
> house to raise the cash). It included everything, a Dock I, and a
perfectly
> WORKING Lion battery. How a battery that old still works is beyond me, it
> must not have been used much. So anyway, I was using it in school and
when
> they made the announcement about 9/11 I dropped it on my desk. I'm still
> kicking myself over that. In short, the laptop itself still worked fine,
> but the case was damaged so bad that it couldn't be easily moved. My
> parents felt bad, and dad found this 760XL for $130 ending in 1 minute, so
> impluse buy time. The Dock I didn't work too well with my 760XL, kinda
the
> opposite problem. New laptop old dock. So I cruised ebay for a while and
> found the selectadockIII, I didn't realize that it wasn't exactly too
native
> to the 760xl at the time. I found a selectabaseI for it, and had my
system.
> As for your question, yes, I've managed to get the dock fully functional.
> First, let me say that I have Thinkpad Configuration 1.19, not sure what
> version you need. In the configuration under docking station at least 1
IRQ
> must be assigned as an IRQ holder for PCI steering. This enables all the
> PCI devices in the docking station. The USB ports, SCSI (I believe), and
> whatnot. I've even managed to get a 1.6GB hard drive (destkop) to work in
> it. Under the IDE device tab, you must enable it. For that you NEED IRQ
15
> to be free. That's the only IRQ that the docking station IRQ can use. I
> can't get the game/MIDI port to work though. It is detected and assigned
> resources, shows up fine in device manager. But when I add a joystick it
> always comes up as dissconnected. Perhaps someone else has had more luck
> with that.
> Tom
>
> PS-None of the 760 series had USB ports.
> My Current Specs:
> 760XL:9547-U9C
> PI 166MMX
> 104 MB RAM
> 2.1 GB Hard Drive
> 20X Cdrom
> 98SE
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sonawane, Hemantkumar
> To: 'Thomas Wentzien'
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 9:07 AM
> Subject: RE: 760XL, Selectadock III, and PCI Video Card
>
>
> Hi Tom,
> Thats a great config. U have. Actually its quite rare.
> I have a 760ED on a selectadock III until recently there was only ONE
other
> guy I knew, who had a 760EL on a selectadock III.
> I had contacted him to find how he got his dock USB ports 2 work, although
> the laptop doesn't have USB ports.
> Have U tried the USB on U'r dock? I assume U'r 760XL also doesn't have USB
> ports of its own.
> Don't mean to pester U. Just thought we should keep in touch (since we R
> such a rare breed, running Pentium I on selectadock III)
> Reply at leisure. Thanks --- Hemant
>
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