From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Fri Jul 20 2001 - 23:56:16 EDT
Chris..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Ryland" <cpr_at_emsoftware.com>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 8:22 PM
Subject: two questions
> 1) Can I put the 128M SODIMM sticks from my A21p into a 770?
>
it depends upon which 770 you have..
770Z, yes, 770X yes..
770ED or 7701AU unlikely..
> 2) If I wanted to turn my A21p into a backup machine for a later model, I
> should be able to get an A22p and just swap drives if the A22p failed at
> some point, right? (Assuming it's not the disk that failed--in that case,
> I'd restore from backups to the A21p.)
>
> I guess I'm asking whether the two machines (A2xp) are similar enough that
> the OS wouldn't even notice it's running on a different machine?
>
similar, to you, yes..
similar to W2k, maybe so , maybe no..
got to try it..
but the preload from the A21p works fine on the A20p..
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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> 'Course it'd be a lot cheaper to get another A21p, judging from the IBM
ebay
> blow-outs, as a backup, but it's good to move up the technology curve
every
> 6 months or so...
> --
> Cheers!
> Chris Ryland
> Em Software, Inc.
> www.emsoftware.com
>
>
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