[ltp] Thinkpad (Butterfly) 701's

[Malcolm Dean]

Thanks, Ken! I'm updating to the AMD CPU, which I'm told appears to test
software as a Pentium 80/40MB. So perhaps I can use a Pentium kernel.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Firestone" <kenf@speakeasy.net>
To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 5:48 AM
Subject: Re: [ltp] Thinkpad (Butterfly) 701's


> Yes, I have one that is running SuSE 6.4. Just remember, you need a
> 486 kernel (many new releases default to a pentium kernel, and this
> won't work).
>
> And forget about Gnome/KDE. Fvwm or afterstep takes at least 30
> seconds to load.
>
>
>
> On Thu, 19 Jul 2001, Malcolm Dean wrote:
>
>    I'm about to commence an odyssey, namely to get some Thinkpad 701's
(the
>    famous butterfly keyboard)expanded, optimized and loaded with useful
OSes
>    and software. I'm commencing with an upgraded CPU and RAM.
>
>    Does anyone receiving this list have experience with 701's?
>
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