From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Mon Oct 25 1999 - 23:37:25 EDT
IBM does not listen to this list..
ibm does, however, monitor my thinkpads.com site from time to time, wishing i
would just giver it up and give it to them (i won't), but lawyers and computer
help people are two entirely different groups of people.. :-)
STeve Andre' wrote:
> As I engage more in the digital spelunking of the various IBM web sites,
> I have come to the conclusion that MOST things you'd like to know are
> there, somewhere in the Byzantine structure of those pages.
>
> Still, simple things, like how much disk you can stuff into an i Series
> unit seems to be classified Most Secret. I have never found anything
> that has lead me to an understanding of what my 1451 can handle, except
> in the Apricorn "IBM Approved" web site that lists a 10G disk upgrade
> for the 1400 i Series.
>
> I think your best bet Chris, is to listen to those who've done things
> with IBM units, and follow what they say. Unfortunately, there are some
> things that IBM just doesn't seem able to hand out to people. Another
> thing is to ask questions in the comp.sys.laptops newgroup, and/or look
> in deja.com's archives for things.
>
> What I would like to see is a simple matrix of each ThinkPad, and what
> models of batteries, ram parts, disks, etc each can use. That would be
> too easy, perhaps. But if someone from IBM is listening perhaps they
> might effect the start of such a page.
>
> --STeve Andre'
> andres_at_msu.edu
>
> At 09:34 PM 10/23/1999 -0500, Chris Schumann wrote:
> >Thanks very much for the info, Bill!
> >
> >I'm still concerned that IBM doesn't seem to furnish this. I would expect
> >that if a change occurred in the BIOS for a model that it would be in the
> >release notes, but that wouldn't help for the original release.
> >
> >Where can we verify these numbers? or maybe I should ask IF we can verify
> >these.
> >
> >Chris
> >
> >On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Bill Morrow wrote:
> >
> >> Chris..
> >> 560, 755, 760, 765, 701 = 6.4gigs
> >> 770 = sky is the limit..
> >> 365 not sure, probably 6.4gigs..
> >> 380/385 i THINK 14gigs..
> >> 560X, Z = 10gigs
> >>
> >> for exact info, send me an e-mail..
> >>
> >> i will be putting this info up at my new website RoadWarriorTrading.com amd
> >> on my old site thinkpads.com
> >>
> >> Chris Schumann wrote:
> >>
> >> > I looked here: http://www.thinkpads.com/hdd.htm
> >> >
> >> > While it does say how tall a drive can be, it doesn't say how uhm...
> >> > capacious it can be for each model. IBM's got to know. Has anyone else
> >> > tried their support pages to find this information?
> >> >
> >> > (I'm amazed my 750P will use a 6.4GB drive, especially since the machine
> >> > was built in 1993. I would be stunned if it will use a 14GB drive.)
> >> >
> >> > Chris Schumann <whizkid_at_dwave.net>
> >> >
> >> > "Wait a minute, Joe. If what you're saying is true,
> >> > then I still don't care." - Dave Nelson, News Radio
> >>
> >> --
> >> Live Long and Prosper, Happy trails...
> >>
> >> ** Bill Morrow ** :-)
> >> WEB page http://thinkpads.com, new site coming:
> >> http://www.roadwarriortrading.com
> >> Thinkpad User Community: http://thinkpads.com/enter.html
> >> Compuserve Thinkpad(c) Forum Sysop, Webmaster
> >> http://www.roadwarriortrading.com
> >> e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net
> >>
> >> use the delete key to avoid unwanted flames,
> >> any mis-spellings are the fault of the spell checker, poor typing skills or
> >> i just don't care.. :-)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Chris Schumann <whizkid_at_dwave.net>
> >
> >"Wait a minute, Joe. If what you're saying is true,
> >then I still don't care." - Dave Nelson, News Radio
> >
> >
> >
-- Live Long and Prosper, Happy trails...** Bill Morrow ** :-) WEB page http://thinkpads.com, new site coming: http://www.roadwarriortrading.com Thinkpad User Community: http://thinkpads.com/enter.html Compuserve Thinkpad(c) Forum Sysop, Webmaster http://www.roadwarriortrading.com e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net
use the delete key to avoid unwanted flames, any mis-spellings are the fault of the spell checker, poor typing skills or i just don't care.. :-)
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