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Sorry, Steve but you are out-of-date on the 560 memory prices. I am not sure if this is the best price, but I know that NECX has the 16MB DIMM for under $200. When I bought my Viking Memory in August, I paid around $270. So again, I would suggest sticking with named brands. Eric. > > Subject: Re: TP 701C & 560 - scales 320x200 video modes to 640x480? > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 16:54:09 -0800 > From: Steve Parker <sparker@morgana.punk.net> > To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu > > On Thu, 16 Jan 1997, Eric Wong wrote: > > > 560 info: > > There is a command/function sequence to make standard VGA and 640x480 > > fit full screen, but it does not look too good (IMHO). I think you will > > have to judge for yourself, depending on the game you want to play. > > I think Duke Nukem 3D ought to do fine in native 800x600. It runs > reasonably fast at that res on my P5-100/512PB cache/64MB home machine, so > ought to well enough on a plain P5-120 in the TP-560. I'm more concerned > about things like Quake these days. My home machine is a bit weak for > the higher res modes and I mainly do 320x200 modes. Scaling it to > 640x400 would be a nice and clean way to go. 800x600 is a weird aspect > ratio for PC's and isn't easy to scale cleanly. > > Quake and Duke Nukem 3D both do fine without the CD once they are > loaded, so I don't need a fast & portable CD drive right away. > > > I play DOS games on my TP560-133 with no problems. I would suggest that > > you get the newest VESA SVGA drivers from SciTech (previously univesa). > > I use 'em on my desktop PC. Good stuff. > > > You may also consider purchasing a SCSI PC Card with a SCSI CD-ROM for > > best game play of the newest games. > > I was planning on getting the Adaptec 1460. I have an external NEC 7 > disc double speed changer I can hook it up to here at home until I get a > nice portable "discman" style reader. "parallel port" devices are too > weak. Though I may get a parallel port Zip drive for all around flexibility. > > > Not sure about a place for memory, but I would suggest sticking with > > major brands like Kingston and Viking. > > I mainly want to put enough RAM in it to last me a few years. Right at > the moment 24MB is right around my "magic threshhold" before a machine > performs reasonably well with the stuff I run. The name brand RAM is > around $600 and up for 32MB from what I've seen. Five or more times the > cost of desktop PC RAM seems ridiculous. Two to three times wouldn't be > totally out of line.. > > Is there a reasonable source for batteries? I need at least one spare. > > Steve >