Canyou tell me what the 701c has for processing specs

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madmaven · #1 Post by **madmaven** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:56 pm

Got delivered an old 701c instead of the A31 i ordered on the bay. it boots to the bios and has 128 ram. I am wondering if it is worth it to try to figure a way to get an os on it. my cutoff is about 266 to 366 mhz. did it have a dock with a cd in it b/c ther is no usb for external. anyone have any info? thanks
Madmaven

#2 Post by **JaneL** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:57 pm

Item #1 in the FAQ. Look for twbook.

ajkula66 · #3 Post by **ajkula66** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:00 pm

No 701C has 128MB RAM, maximum is 40MB.

Website · #4 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:15 pm

ajkula66 wrote:No 701C has 128MB RAM, maximum is 40MB.

Actually, the max is 64mb... See this thread, even though it isn't the one that I was looking for. I believe that Bill Morrow has a 64mb stick in one of his.

madmaven · #5 Post by **madmaven** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:39 pm

The machine boots and registers 11904kb memory in the display.
then I get the non system disk or disk error message(of course need O/S
what does the kb translate to in MB I thought 119mb but my math is really bad

I also read that it was probably a 75mhz processor.
I read a little about the DSL, [censored] Small Linux, working well on these old machines. Has anyone tried that?

#6 Post by **pkiff** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:27 pm

madmaven wrote:11904kb [...] what does the kb translate to in MB I thought 119mb but my math is really bad

KB = kilobytes, MB = megabytes. Kilo = 1000 (one thousand). Mega = 1,000,000 (one million).

Roughly speaking, there are 1000 Bytes in 1 KiloByte and there are 1000 KiloBytes in 1 MegaByte.

So 11,904 KiloBytes = about 12 MegaBytes.

Phil.

madmaven · #7 Post by **madmaven** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 5:54 pm

I always did have trouble with those decimal points. Had trouble spelling decimal too!

Any advice on getting an OS on this oldie but goodie?

ajkula66 · #8 Post by **ajkula66** » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:18 pm

I still have Win 95 on mine, that's the way Bill (Morrow) sold it to me and it's pretty fast...for DX486/75, that is...

From what I recall, you can run 98 with no issues with 40MB RAM, everything after that is a stretch...

Now, I have yet to test any Linux on it, but am certain that there must be something that will work...

TomKroscavage · #9 Post by **TomKroscavage** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:25 am

A 701c is surprisingly fast with windows 95. I have 40mb also.

Canyou tell me what the 701c has for processing specs

Canyou tell me what the 701c has for processing specs

705C

Re: 705C

Dang those decimal points

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