Re: 755c Thinkpad issues
"Richard E. Hawkins Esq." <hawk@eyry.econ.iastate.edu> writes:
| Gary L. Hennigan (glhenni@cs.sandia.gov) wrote:
| > Plus, we've had this 755 for a couple of years now and I think the
| > battery has quit accepting a charge. Even when it's powered down the
| > battery will not recharge. The battery status LED is always solid
| > orange and the battery charging LED never comes on.
|
| Mine quit taking charges soon as I stripped the Gates virus off of
| it . . . but continued to work off the old charge for a while. But
| since it's position will be on my lap, the charge would be nice for
| when the cord gets knocked out :)
That might be the problem with mine. I had just assumed that the
battery was worn out.
| > This depends on the modem you use. We use a MegaHertz combo
| > Ethernet/Modem card. It is well supported by the PCMCIA stuff and I
| > didn't have any problem at all setting it up to run SLIP or PPP.
|
| a compaq pcmcia. no problem with minicom, but i just haven't been able
| to get PPP to work.
Hmm. Like I said mine worked without a hitch.
For APM stuff you might look at this page:
http://peipa.essex.ac.uk/tp-linux/
They have a patch there for the 750 and APM. It might apply to the 755
as well?
Good Luck!
Gary
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