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Re: 755Cs video/95
At 12:39 PM 9/10/96 EDT, Michael wrote:
>is anyone using a 755Cs and win95? i swapped hard drives between a 755CSE and
>a 755Cs. the CSE works great with the drive from the Cs, but the Cs won't do
>more than 16 colors without giving me static on the screen every time i move
>the mouse & a video compatability error message every time i start the os.
>
>so i go to the thinkpad win95 page & d/l the 95 video drivers for the 755Cs
>(vftps133.exe and win95set.exe). neither disk, however, contains any win95
>drivers for this machine. vinstall asks me to choose my machine type, but
9545
>isn't in the list. so i look at the contents of the disk. it includes
several
>files (including vinstall.exe) in the root, plus a directory called 'win31'
and
>a directory called 'os2_21'. no win95.
>
>so i read the readme's. vftps133 doesn't even apply to the Cs, even though
the
>web site says it does. win95set does apply to the Cs, but it doesn't
appear to
>have anything for me (no win95 directory, no 9545 in the options list).
>
>any ideas?
I ran into the same problem--even though it explicitly states the drivers
are for win95, they are without question the win3.x drivers. I'm not sure
if this has been addressed in the list but I would appreciate any insights
as well.
--wwd
Will Dunn
Leopard Communications
Boulder, CO
http://www.leopard.com