[ltp] Thinkpad 701 CPU Upgrade

[Malcolm Dean]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Dean" <malcolmdean@earthlink.net>
To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [ltp] Thinkpad (Butterfly) 701's


> 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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> > Ken Firestone, W3CAT     | For every problem there is one solution
> > kenf@speakeasy.net |  which is simple, neat, and wrong.
> > ken@firestone.net        |   -- H. L. Mencken
> >
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