From: David Goldman (David_at_dgoldman.com)
Date: Fri Dec 04 1998 - 19:53:52 EST
At 11:06 AM 12/4/98 -0500, Michael W. Godfrey wrote:
>
>I think I am about to take the laptop plunge and buy a TP600E. I have a
>few questions first...thanks for any help.
>
>(a) I want to run 3 OSs on it (98 for occassional fun, NT for some work,
> and Linux for my main work). Albert Lee has already given me a couple
> of hints on it, but he didn't bother to leave 98 on his 600E.
>
> Has anyone actually done this with all three OSs? Any hints or things
> to watch out for? (I have installled Linux a few times before on a
> desktop, but I'm no expert. Yes, I know the modem won't work under
> Linux.)
>
>(b) I want to buy the biggest RAM chip I can get to fill in the second
> slot; I believe the biggest I can get is 128M. Are there any highly
> reliable third-party RAM manufacturers that will support the 600E, or
> should I be safe and buy from IBM?
>
>(c) ZIP vs LS120: I note that vstech makes "thinkpad-proven" LS120 and Zip
> drives for the 600. I need some sort of super floppy. I heard Iomega
> has been in trouble .. but that Zips are much more common than LS120s
> ... but ls120s would mean carrying around one drive instead of two ...
> Anyone have a clear thought on this?
>
>(d) I'll need a Linux and NT friendly combo modem/network card? Any
> suggestions?
My suggestion for multiple operating systems is to spend $30-$40 and get
a copy of "System Commander" from ?V Systems?. I have used it multiple
times and have always had great results.
Regarding (c), it is not IOMEGA but SYQUEST that is either in DEEP trouble
or out-of-business. Iomega just introduced a new 250MB Zip drive that is
backwards compatible with the original 100MB version (the 250MB model can
read/write the 100 disks, but not the other way around).
-- David Goldman
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