[ltp] Thinkpad (Butterfly) 701's

[Ken Firestone]

On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Malcolm Dean wrote:

   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.


Just curious, how are you updating a 701c to the AMD chip? Isn't the
chip soldered to the MB?

   ----- 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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