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Re: IBM Thinkpads & Linux

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Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1993 - 6:23 pm

In article <23639d$32s@vishnu.jussieu.fr>, eranian@nivose.ufr-info-p7.ibp.fr (ERANIAN Stephane) writes:
|> I would like to know if somebody already tried to install Linux on 
|> IBM's famous notebook ThinkPad 700/720 (the one with the red button).
|>  As far as I remember they use a standard ISA bus (not MCA like PS/2), there 
|> should be no problem from this point of view.

Well, unfortunately, ThinkPad 700/720 (and of course 720C :-)
are MCA and *not* ISA bus machines (while TP-350 and TP-500
are ISA).

But good thing is - the work is in progress to port Linux
to these 720 beasts, 
-- 
Regards,
Uri.      uri@watson.ibm.com     scifi!angmar!uri 
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