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Beth,
The price Webpage is at:
http://www.pricewatch.com/
Though it seems to be down at this time.
The HP contact is:
Jerry Schurr at 317-582-4567. He will try to call you or you can call him.
His Email is Jerry_Schurr@hp.com
And then here are some Linux threads from the Thinkpad maillist. I only
typically saved things for my machine which is an oddball 755CD. There may
not be as many Linux messages as I said. I think NT is starting to be a
discussion item.
Thanks
Mike
-----------
> Has anyone else out there been successful (or brave enough)
> in getting all of the peripheral devices operating properly
> with Linux as the operating system?
I have been running Linux on my 755CD for the last two years. Works
pretty good but the MWave stuff is not fully supported. If you boot
DOS first and initialize the MWave, then the Sound Blaster emulation
and listening to audio CDs works. No go on the modem part though. I
have not used the PCMCIA card you mention. I use a GVC ethernet card
and a GVC modem card which both work great. The only trick with it
is the CDROM drive. The 1.2.13 Linux kernels don't support it very
well and it loses data. The problem was fixed in the first 1.3
release so its easy to patch 1.2.13 by copying the drivers/block/
ide-cd.c stuff from a 1.3.1 release or just upgrade to the newest
2.0.x kernels.
Let me know if I can help you more!
> Specifically...
>
> 1) Mwave Modem
> 2) IBM 4/16 T/R PCMCIA card
> 3) internal CDROM
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe Leonard
> MCI Business Markets, St. Louis, MO
> joe.leonard@mci.com
> (314)719-3134
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+------------------ Brad Pepers -- pepersb@cuug.ab.ca -------------------+
Subject: Re: LINUX setup on TP755CD
To: greifzu@VNET.IBM.COM
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 07:45:54 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
From: Robert.Zimbinski@cdc.com
Reply-To: Robert.Zimbinski@cdc.com
Comment: to {un}subscribe, send mail to thinkpad-REQUEST@cs.utk.edu
I also have a 755CD that I run Linux on. I wrestled with this problem a
(very short) while before I settled on the less elegant method of copying
the base and kernel Slackware disk sets to a dos partition and doing the
inital install from there. After I had a minimal Linux installation going,
I was able to load the rest of the system off the CD.
If you want to try a full install by swapping the drives, I believe you'll
need a kernel with ATAPI/IDE CD-ROM and APM support compiled in. I really
don't know if such a boot image exists.
Hope this helps a little.
>
> FROM: Ulf Greifzu
> IBM Berlin, Germany
> ===================
> Subject: LINUX setup on TP755CD
> Hi folks,
>
> does anybody out there know which disk images to use (boot/root)
> when I want to get the interchangeable CD-ROM drive of the 755CD
> to work with Linux (means which ones to install ;-)?
>
> Any hints would be highly appreciated.
>
> Thanks and Regards
>
> Ulf
>
> Mit freundlichen Gr}~en / Best Regards Ulf Greifzu
> ===============================================================
> >> internet: greifzu9vnet.ibm.com or deibmrvw9ibmmail.com <<
> >> VNET: BLNVM01(GREIFZU) extern: IBMMAIL(DEIBMRVW) <<
>
--
Bob Zimbinski
bobz@skypoint.com
Robert.Zimbinski@cdc.com
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 21:40:07 -0500
From: bstewart@sun2.bnl.gov (Bruce Stewart)
To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
Subject: Linux on 760
Comment: to {un}subscribe, send mail to thinkpad-REQUEST@cs.utk.edu
Hi,
I just got a 760ED running Win95 and think it's terrific.
I also have an extra hard drive for the purpose of running Linux,
but although I know Unix fairly well I am having a heap of trouble
configuring XFree86. The X that came with my Debian distribution
didn't know about the Trident TGUI 9660 video card, so I got
XFree86 3.1.2G beta. Now xinit works, but it thinks I have
only 640x480, and I can't get it to recognize the mouse.
I am poring over the faq and archive of this list, but if anyone
out there has faced this and would identify herself to me,
I would be deeply grateful.
Thanks in advance,
-Bruce
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 16:36:39 -0500 (EST)
From: "John H. Kim" <jokim@MIT.EDU>
To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
Subject: Linux SVGALib w/ TP701
Comment: to {un}subscribe, send mail to thinkpad-REQUEST@cs.utk.edu
Someone asked how to get SVGALib working with Linux on a TP701 (SVGA
graphics in full-screen mode, not X). I told him SVGALib didn't
support the 701's graphics chipset (CT65545) at this time.
There's a patch out that allows 640x480x256 and 800x600x256 SVGALib
modes on this chipset. I haven't tried it myself so I can't say how
well it works.
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/graphics/svgalib-1.2.10.CTp.gz
--
John H. Kim
jokim@mit.edu
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 12:09:30 -0500
From: "Jeffrey S. Schwartz" <jeffsnc@mindspring.com>
To: Paul Rubin <phr@netcom.com>
CC: THINKPAD@cs.utk.edu
Subject: Re: 365xd info/opinions wanted
References: <199612281807.KAA17695@netcom17.netcom.com>
Comment: to {un}subscribe, send mail to thinkpad-REQUEST@cs.utk.edu
Paul Rubin wrote:
>
> What do ppl think of the 365XD? It seems nicer in most regards
> than my 755cx and the price is pretty reasonable. I think it has
> the same display (800x600 10.4" TFT) and keyboard, plus it has
> genuine Soundblaster-compatible audio hardware instead of the stupid
> Mwave, and it can take an internal CD-rom. Things it -doesn't- have
> are the Li ion battery and easily swappable hd's, but that's ok.
> Questions:
> - Can the HD be upgraded without too much hassle? I mean to put
> in a bigger one. I don't need to swap them in and out regularly.
> Can it use standard 19mm-thick HD's?
> - Is an external floppy included or is one available? Can the
> external floppy and internal CD be used as the same time without
> needing any software configuration? The idea is to do OS installations
> by booting a floppy that then reads the CD. This is a big pain with
> the 755cx, because you have to use an external cd with pcmcia scsi,
> which means you have to build the OS with pcmcia drivers etc. and
> you have a chicken and egg problem. (OS is Debian Linux, btw).
> - Does it have the same annoying 4-pin power connector or a more
> reasonable 2-pin coaxial plug?
>
> Thanks.
The hard drive can be upgraded, there are a few screws to remove and the
drive lifts out. Not sure what size of HDD's will fit.
The floppy & CD-ROm are useable at the same time. THe cd-rom is not
removable.
The power adapter has the 2-pin plug.