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> > Your posting caught my attention, as I have an identical setup as you. I > have a TP720 (mono, 160Meg Hd, 12 Meg Ram), a 3550-002 docking station > with an internal 330 meg SCSI HD, an external 40 Meg SCSI HD, and a > Sony CDU-55S SCSI-II CD-ROM drive. I have the 8515 monitor attached to the > docking station, and I have wanted to upgrade the video as well, so that I > can run dual headed under OS/2, and get more than 16 colours under OS/2 > and Dos/Windoz. Of interest is the fact that the mono tp7?0 units do not > use the video pass-through on the 16bit MCA interface ports, only the c > models (ie active colour) ones use the passthrough. This effectively limits > putting an 8514/a card in the system. The alternative I was looking at was > the XGA-II (as XGA-I only comes in 32bit flavour), but I have not had the > chance to try it out yet. > > If possible, could you please let me know how it works out, and which > alternative you would suggest. > > Thanks, > > Jim Simpson, B.E.Sc. > > j5simpso@wbs.business.uwo.ca > Western Business School > The University of Western Ontario > Jim, I should be taking delivery of the XGA-II card next week - so it could be a couple of weeks before I'm able to report anything. I certainly don't expect any problems since its my understanding that the XGA-II card acts as a bus master and will process the video correctly. If you look in advanced setup, there is an option to display internal mono and external colour collectively or separately. Anyway, fingers crossed - 1024 x 768 here we come!! The dock forms the basis of quite a punchy little system - the 720 has 16MB and I've installed a 1GB Spitfire in the dock, so backups of the C drive are not an issue any more!! (phew, I was always concerned about that). This more or less negates looking for a larger drive for the ThinkPad itself - in practical terms you are stuffed since the 700/720 drives are ESDI, and only Big Blue Japan made them, although there is/was a dealer-fit option for a 240MB drive. I can dig out the part numbers if anyone is interested. I managed to get hold of the tech publications for the 3550 dock - details below - so if you (or anyone else) needs part numbers, pinouts, etc., let me know. I still waiting for the tech ref pubs for the 720 itself, hopefully arriving by the end of next week. IBM 3550 Expansion Unit model 002 Hardware Maintenance Reference p/n 42G-2331-00 Hardware Maintenance Service p/n 42G-2332-00 -- Bill Donald donaldb@ecid.cig.mot.com Documentation Group Tel: (44) 017 9350 0088 Motorola ECID FAX: (44) 017 9354 1226 Swindon, SN5 8YQ Home email: wkd@farnbell.demon.co.uk Wilts. UK G7ENQ