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Josh,
I have a 765D (not on the HCL) and it runs 2.5.1
OK. There is a problem with the original PCMCIA
driver in 2.6 with > 64 MB of RAM in my 765D and
in (at least) some 380 models. I just got a new
PCMCIA driver this week from Sun and it works with
2.6 and 104 MB of RAM. It was developed for a 770
that Sun Central has been working with.
So, Sun's position is that they are not supporting
new notebooks but they actually are doing (at least)
some development for newer notebooks.
I have a Sun software maintenance contract for the
OS and have gotten the "not supported" response. I'm
not happy about that but there may be a glimmer of
hope for certain newer models of notebooks.
x86 is quite a cheap experiment for educational
customers (< $100). Make sure you use DU2 to load
if you try it - 2.6 didn't load correctly with
the distribution boot diskette on my 765D.
Stuart
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> From owner-thinkpad@cs.utk.edu Fri Feb 27 10:10 MST 1998
> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 12:04:13 -0500 (EST)
> From: Joshua Hosseinof <hosseino@ymail.yu.edu>
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> To: Paul Khoury <pkhoury@loop.com>
> cc: "dewar@gnat.com" <dewar@gnat.com>,
> "thinkpad@cs.utk.edu" <thinkpad@cs.utk.edu>
> Subject: Re: Solaris x86 on 770?
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> The hardware compatibility list for solaris x86 is on Sun's web page, but
> Sun is not doing any new notebook driver development at the moment so the
> most recent machines they list are Thinkpad 760 and Toshiba Tecra 510 and
> 720, hardly what I would call current machines.
> And if you call up Sun they just tell you if it's not on the compatibility
> list you're SOL "but we'll pass the request on to our engineers".
>
> Josh
>