From: Denis Hall (denhall_at_ismi.net)
Date: Wed Aug 18 1999 - 14:29:23 EDT
I'm sorry to report to any of you buyers of 755CX units through OnSale that
the units that DATAPATH Technologies is selling ARE NOT capable of 800x600
resolution....AND, they do not have ONBOARD SOUND, as was advertised at
OnSale.
The 755CX's that they are selling are #9545-SBK, and these units do not have
the DSP card which is required for Sound/Modem/800x600.
The 755CX model with the card is #9545-HBE.
As of my last check, the OnSale description now reads "No Sound", and has
changed resolution to 640x480...
If you happen to need any upgrades for your 755CX (assuming you keep it), I
would be happy to supply you if you needed:
RAM cards, HD's, Docking Stations, or darned near anything else for the 755
series.
Best wishes,
Denis Hall, Michigan
810.229.2881
-----Original Message-----
From: aturley_at_bu.edu <aturley_at_bu.edu>
To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Date: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 11:59 PM
Subject: 755CX: 800x600 doesn't seem to work for me
>I just purchased a 755CX. It's a beautiful machine. I installed Linux and
>everything went very well. Even my network card worked the first time!
The
>only thing I need to make it perfect is to get the display to work with X
in
>800x600 mode. I was told by onsale.com that it is the type of 755CX that
>supports 800x600 mode, so I've been taking their word for it, but is there
>anything I can check, like a model number or something, to make sure that I
>have what I think I have?
>
>Anyway, I've been operating under the assumption that I got the right
laptop.
>I've looked at all of the sites that talk about running Xwindows in 800x600
>mode. They all talk about the command 'ps2 mode3x on'. This computer came
>with no software (OK, they were nice enough to format the hard drive and
put
>command.com in there so that it would boot into MS-DOS), so I went to the
IBM
>site and downloaded the files to get, among other things, ps2.exe for the
>755CX. I installed the program, and then typed 'ps2 mode3x on'. The
screen
>went blank, then it came back with the message "Type ps2 ?". When I type
'ps2
>?', I don't even see mode3x as an option. I also tried to download a
utility
>from http://www.yy.cs.keio.ac.jp/~sanpei/how2800x600.html that is supposed
to
>put the laptop in this mode when it is run in Linux, but I could not
download
>it because the ftp server is down.
>
>So, I was wondering if anybody here has experienced anything similar to
what
>I'm going through. Also, if anybody has ps2.exe on a thinkpad 755CX and
would
>like to e-mail it to me, that would be great. Or if you know which files I
>need to download to get a version of ps2.exe with the mode3x option, I'd
love
>to hear that. Or, if you have that Linux program that does the same thing
or
>know where I could get it, let me know. Or, if I've completely missed
>something very important (a strong possiblity), tell me.
>
>Thanks.
>
>andy
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