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At 18:07 95/12/09 -0800, phr@netcom.com (Paul Rubin) wrote: > >I rejoined the list last night after getting a used 755cx about a week >ago (with no installation disks and no manuals). It has had all the >original software removed and Windoze 95 (the AOL of operating >systems) installed. I've ordered some manuals from IBM and plan to >install Linux as soon as I can figure out how to do this via PCMCIA >CD-rom or some other method (maybe NFS from my desktop machine, as >soon as I get *that* back in operation). FYI: I just installed Windows 95 on my 750M (*) from a CD-ROM hooked to a New Media Bus Toaster PCMCIA SCSI card. No major problem to report. Of course, it is slow, but usable. Even with 12MB of RAM, it swaps a lot. MS-Office will probably be harder. I already have installed Linux several times though the same PCMCIA SCSI card. I have a boot disk with a special kernel integrating support for the Bus Toaster. Linux is much lighter than Win95. It does not have to swap, even with X-Windows on. (*) Yes, it is one of the first TPs that were shipped in France (where I was at that time). I spent a huge amount of time and effort trying to install Linux, until the 2.88 drive problem was solved :-( Cheers, Akira =============================================================================== National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology ... jeunesse... Nervous Informatics Laboratory ... la ... 1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba ... forment ... Tel: +81-298-54.6630 Ibaraki 305 ... voyages ... Fax: +81-298-54.6633 Japan ... Les ... eMail: Terao@NIBH.go.jp ===============================================================================