SPONSORED LINKS
Item Subject: Message text > I removed the dos+windows installation and placed the preview release > of windows 95 (build 347) on it. I have had no real problems with the > installation, but are still lacking 256 color support and sound. I > suppose I could use the old drivers, but I have gotten around to this > yet. You can use Windows 95's Western Digital drivers for 256 color on the LCD (actually shades of grey on my machine, a TP750 mono) and 256 colors at up to 1024x768 on an external monitor. The trick is having the following line in CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=C:\IBMVESA\VESA.EXE Make sure that the file is there and that there is also a properly configured file called FRATE.DAT in the same directory. The Video Features Disk installation handles this. The VESA.EXE program is apparently some kind of BIOS extension. I've seen at least one other machine (an AT&T Globalyst) with the same kind of situation under Win95. Note that this device driver can't be loaded high; don't waste your time trying. The Win95 drivers are great; you can change resolutions on the fly. I work on my external monitor most of the time in 800x600. When I start crowding the screen with lots of windows, I just go into Desktop Properties and switch to 1024x768 and wait for about 2 seconds. The ThinkPad drivers for Win3.1 work also, but there's no reason I can see to use them. As for audio support, you'll have to use the ThinkPad Win3.1 drivers here. The good news is that they work just fine for WAV and MIDI. Just run the install program on the Audio Features Disk. For some reason, though, the install program doesn't properly update SYSTEM.INI. The README on the Audio Features Disk indicates the proper settings. Win95 seems especially stable on my ThinkPad, more so than on other machines I've tested it on. I think you'll like running it on your 'Pad. Wesley Dunaway Dunaway_Wesley/furman@furman.edu