From: Paul Khoury (pkhoury_at_loop.com)
Date: Wed Aug 30 2000 - 01:23:59 EDT
I've heard a lot of people have had good luck with Xircom. I opted for a
Megahertz X-Jack ethernet card (I have my Type II 220MB FLASH drive above it),
but it did need tinkering, as it doesn't seem to want to let you choose it's IRQ.
How sturdy are the dongles for the Xircom? I've previously gone through MANY
cables from both 3COM and a generic brand.
Also, just for everyone else to know, I added information on the 730TE (as that's
what I have) on my ThinkPad Asst site - http://warped.cswnet.com/~pkhoury/thinkpad/index.html
Paul
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From: Matt Winston
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 18:54:44 -0500
There's still a bunch of us 730 T & TE tinkerers around. Thanks for letting me use the forum to share this information.
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The Xircom CEM56/100BTX Ethernet/Modem combo pcmcia card works great for both WFPC and W95 operating
systems. It's a 56k modem with 10/100 lan operation. Evidently, part of the success is that it's a 16 bit card with real
mode drivers on the install cd-rom. The drivers are easily transferred to floppy disk for Windows 3.11 installation if you
don't have a portable cd rom for the thinkpad. I've had some luck with other single use cards, but only after lots of
tinkering. This puppy installed for each operating system on the first try. Finally; I added TCP/IP for Windows 3.11
allowing me to connect the 730TE to the Linksys˙router I have˙for my home network. The 730T and TE have four
pcmcia slots; though after using two for the type III hard drive, and the third for a d-ram memory card˙there is only one
pcmcia slot available for connecting to the outside world. The cards are not too expensive either. I've paid between
$35 and $50 for them new in the box on ebay. The card acts nicely with fax software, as well as a phone dialer.
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Hope this will help.
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Matt Winston
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