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I am new to this old model.

In the 760 series which is the "top of the line" model?

I know there is the 760,760e,760El,760Xl and the 760xd.

Which is the model with the best specs?

Never owning one, I can only go by the published specs in the twbook.pdf file:

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pcinstitu ... twbook.pdf

By the looks of it, the 760XD has (had) a 166MHz CPU and MPEG decoder (the 760XL did not). Any 760 owners want to comment?

Building off Ray's comment and being the owner of several 760's I can vouch that the 760XD is the last and top of the line.

Little known in the 760 line was the 765L and 765D which both have 13.3 inch LCD's @1024X768 with 5G hard disks over the 760XL/XD. Nearly all other specs are the same as the XL/XD.

The 760XL LCD is 800X600, and the XD is 1024X768, both 12".

I run XP just fine on my 760's. The "IBM Configuration Utility" is a must have on any 760 series laptop.

phool@round wrote:
I run XP just fine on my 760's. The "IBM Configuration Utility" is a must have on any 760 series laptop.

Great! But how do you manage to install xp in a 760El 9547-U4G ?

It does not boot from the cd drive and i don't have a floppy drive, it's is running right now win 98 SE.

[quote="cmarti]
Great! But how do you manage to install xp in a 760El 9547-U4G ?

It does not boot from the cd drive and i don't have a floppy drive, it's is running right now win 98 SE.[/quote]

Have you considered loading it as an upgrade to your 98SE instead of a clean load.

schen wrote:
Have you considered loading it as an upgrade to your 98SE instead of a clean load.

schen,

Yes i try but i will need to increase the ram i have 32mb installed and the installer stops because of that.

By the way i am looking if anybody has some available for sale.

If any please PM me.

Thanks..

How do you install XP? Very slowwwwly.

Do you wish to keep Win98?

If not, simply insert the XP cd, it will ask you if you wish to upgrade, network out to fetch antique hardware device drivers to begin the setup, install the I386 folder to your drive, reboot and then take about 1 hour to upgrade the old OS. The whole process took about 3 hours. I'm using all of 64Mb of memory.

phool@round wrote:How do you install XP? Very slowwwwly.

I understand that because when the installer started it said it would take two hours.

Do you wish to keep Win98?

Not really it's been five years since the last time i use it.

If not, simply insert the XP cd, it will ask you if you wish to upgrade, network out to fetch antique hardware device drivers from to and then take about 3 hours to upgrade your OS.

First i need to upgrade the ram to at least 64mb i can find someone who is willing to sell the ram i need, but why network out? I believe it's more easy if i burn the drivers in a cd and install them from there?

I know this is an old thread but...

I just found a 760Xd with 64MB and I think original win98se os. It has 10 Ibm wallpapers that have people using the 760 in them.

I would like to format the drive and install win98se from scratch. I have read both HMM volumes but failed to find a section mentioning if it originally came with win95/98/98se or recovery disks. With the little time I've spent with it I would like keep this OS but wouldn't mind trying w2k or XP. Is there any way to make recovery disks the way it is now? I was thinking of (if possible) saving the files on my network and then burning them from my R40. So far cool little lappy!!!

Pretty cool find! Who cares if it's an old thread?

With W2k or XP you will loose the 32bit PCMCIA slots, buggy architecture for the TI device drivers.....16bit only. Try and find a 16bit USB PCMCIA card, you might find a 16bit PCMCIA wireless. I would keep what you have and install a software firewall, more RAM, Firefox browser, and good AnitVirus. It will be very quick and safe.

Original OS was W95.

You can Ghost the drive instead of creating Recovery Discs. Wouldn't take up much space......

To follow on...... Windows 95 OSR2 or WINNT 4 where the original OS's. You'll find them listed in the twbook under 760XL which was released at the same time as the 760XD.

Came originally with a "Recovery CD-ROM with boot diskette" and "Windows 95 CD-ROM (no installation)" or "Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation with utilities and device drivers".

I didn't think a 16-bit wireless was available, but now that you mention it I will do some digging. My wireless router is far from my desk, the battery isn't recognised so AC only makes this a desktop for now. The max RAM is 104mb right? All I need to do is find a 64mb and put it in the right slot (#2). The sticks don't have any labels. So is it pc66 or 100, what do I look for?

I've never seen any reference to any 16-bit USB PCCard.

16-bit Wifi should be easy. The LinkSys WPC11v3 or older should do the trick (it's what I have). You'll be limited to 802.11b most likely. You can also get a 16-bit 100Mbps wired network card for large downloads, backups or file transfers. Very handy.

whizkid wrote:I've never seen any reference to any 16-bit USB PCCard.

That's right, you won't. When I said "Try and find a 16bit USB PCMCIA card...." it was with sarcasm....Topic right below this one.......(http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=56393) So W2K or XP should be loaded with that in mind.....no USB.

RAM is 70 ns / non-parity / 3.3v / EDO 144 Pin. I've received bad sticks of this type before, I personally would give Ray a PM to see if he has any. (I should get a cut....((inside joke.))