Re: [Thinkpad] Old Thinkpads...why do I keep doing this?

Jeffrey Race wrote:

>On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 08:01:18 -0600, Cqdx wrote:
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>>Anyway I just picked up a TP 755cd w/ Win95 and it works great. I don't want to lug it down with W98 particularily but I want to tie it in to my home network. I have some pcmcia 10/100 cards but I think they're too "new" for this old system. (pre-cardbus?)
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>>( I tried a netgear fa411 and P&P recognized it but I couldn't find/install drivers from the netgear cd.) Supposedly, as per the docs, the fa411 card is usable under W95 but I haven't been able to install drivers...I'm no doubt doing something wrong!
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>>Does anyone know which brand/model of 10/100 pcmcia card will work with W95 on this 755cd?
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>You can easily install W98 on this unit if you use 98LITE, replace
>IE with Firefox, and don't install the CAB files on the hard drive.
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>With this configuration the 3Com 3c589 or 3C562 should work fine.
>These might even work with Win95, since they work fine with DOS
>and Win3.1 Check the 3Com website for drivers
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>These cards are available as pulls at flea markets for about $20
>and probably the same price from internet vendors (overstockists).
>I have dozens of them and keep them constantly at hand since they
>work on every OS.
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>Jeffrey Race
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W95 released a version called OSR2, which was much more stable. I don't
know if it's driver support was enhanced from regualr W95.
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Received on Fri Jan 28 08:12:47 2005