Re: Windows 95 on 750C running windows 3.1 and stacker 4.0?

[Ted Frederick <tedf@cadence.com>]

At 02:18 PM 10/25/95 EDT, you wrote:

>I have 750C on which currently I have Windows 3.1 installed. The disk
>is compressed using Stacker version 4.0.
>
>I have not made any changes to it (no BIOS upgrades, etc.) since I
>bought it in April 1994.
>
>Will there by any problem installing Windows 95 on it?

The answer is: Maybe...

Go to the IBM PC homepage (//www.pc.ibm.com) and go the ThinkPad section.
There are a number of updates and assorted BIOS drivers that need to be
loaded before you attempt to migrate from Win 3.1 or 3.11 to 95.  IBM also
provides a "Setup" disk that you can download that prepares your 75O-755 for
the Win95 migration. This disk needs to be loaded before you load the first
Win95 disk.

Fair warning: the 75X ThinkPads have been notorious for running into
compatibility problems when running Win95 (I can attest to this 1st hand as
I have just recently loaded Win95 on my 755CDV).  Any problems you encounter
are going to cost $35 per incident since IBM doesn't support Win95 on the
ThinkPads for free.  

As it stands right now, the 755's can't run in the DockII while running
Win95, although IBM and Microsoft have assured me that the problem will be
resolved shortly.

Have fun!

Regards,
-Ted
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Ted Frederick
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Cadence Design Systems
tedf@cadence.com
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