Re: 760EL -- some DO have cache....

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From: Denis Hall (denhall_at_ismi.net)
Date: Sat Aug 05 2000 - 12:05:51 EDT

Sorry...my rotten semantics make my comment about Jane Loyless'comment
unclear....I meant to state that Jane has a good track record of making
informed comments....sorry Jane......

>I make a habit of not making rash statements...and try to verify facts
>before posting anything....nor does Jane, from my experience...
>ThinkPad 760EL #9547-U4G DOES HAVE 256K L2 CACHE, as does U4T and >U4K.
SAME
>AS 760ED.

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve C. <stevec50_at_yahoo.com>
To: denhall_at_ismi.net <denhall_at_ismi.net>; scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net
<scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net>
Cc: THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Date: Saturday, August 05, 2000 11:00 AM
Subject: RE: 760EL -- some DO have cache....

>In your dreams maybe!
>The IBM Thinkpad 760 Users Guide, page 242, says all
>three 760EL processors are w/o L2 Cache.
>
>Of course they have PCI bus, they all have that but
>that has nothing to do with it. And no, they can't run
>
>the same as a 760ED with 256K cache. You guys should
>check your information more closely, get some speed
>tests, such as Wintune from www.winmag.com, etc.
>before making rash statements.
>
>--- Denis Hall <denhall_at_ismi.net> wrote:
>> Just to add a bit here.....
>> some of the EL's in fact DO have 256K cache....
>> And yes, I also consider them to be very fine
>> machines....with 64mb RAM I
>> find them totally capable of handling the needs of
>> 90% of laptop users out
>> there today...
>>
>> Have a Great Day,
>> Denis Hall, Michigan
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bruce Markowitz <scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net>
>> To: Steve C. <stevec50_at_yahoo.com>
>> Cc: THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
>> Date: Friday, August 04, 2000 6:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: Price Info
>>
>>
>> >Actaully, the EL series is PCI bus, and runs 95
>> just fine. I ahve had a
>> >bunch, they run the same as the 760ED.
>> >
>> >Steve C. wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Except for use with Windows. The EL series
>> doesn't
>> >> have any cache memory which makes Windows run
>> really
>> >> slow. It does better than I expected however
>> since
>> >> some desktop machines won't even run without
>> cache.
>
>
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