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Re: Various 755CD Quirks...



You can install straight from the CDROM. Use winnt /b and it will
do a floppyless install. Works for me. :)

/rickt

At 04:34 PM 26-08-96 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello subscribers,
>
>I have a previously owned 755CD (Pentium) supplied to me
>through my job, and I'm wondering if anyone has experienced
>quirks like these:
>
>NT 4.0 was impossible to install. It became clear to me that IBM's
>NT3.51 drivers wouldn't cut it. Because of an apparent inability to
>have the floppy and CD running simultaneously, I had to load the
>NT files onto the HD and run NT from the existing FAT partition.
>I am running Windows 95 under duress until IBM can catch up.
>
>My old Y-cable which routes a full-size keyboard and PS/2 mouse
>into a single mouse port is often undetected by Windows 95,
>resulting in a "no mouse attached" message, because I''ve also
>disabled the TrackPoint. Win95 usually detects the mouse
>through the Y if I mouse around frantically before the desktop
>appears. This is pretty much my biggest pet peeve for now.
>
>I installed an additional 16MB SIMM, which confused the CPU for
>a few startups. All I could think to do was switch the chips around
>a couple times. This seemed to make it work, so I didn't ask any
>questions.
>
>I would really appreciate it if someone could answer some of
>these questions:
>
>Is FaxWorks Voice the only package that allows the 755CD to be
>used as a speakerphone? 
>
>Does an external Floppy drive exist for the TP755?
>
>Is Iomega considering a Zip drive designed to fit in the internal
>floppy bay?
>
>Is there a CPU upgrade available for the 755CD to take it past
>75MHz?
>
>Just the typical stuff...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Fred Sobotka
>
>
>
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