From: James H. E. Maugham (CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com)
Date: Sat Aug 05 2000 - 14:02:35 EDT
Perhaps you didn't mean it that way Steve, but this message certainly reads very
harshly.
Especially when you consider the fact that you're 100% wrong!
James
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve C. [mailto:stevec50_at_yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 9:58 AM
> To: denhall_at_ismi.net; scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net
> Cc: THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu
> 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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