From: forster_at_marlin.ssnet.com
Date: Wed Jan 11 1995 - 12:05:41 EST
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>
> Only IBM (or Lexmark) keyboards will function with a ThinkPad dock. There's a
> hardware check run at startup that detects the presence of a clone and blows it
> out.
>
> I'll post the exact details if anyone is really interested. FWIW I use a
> standard 102-key UK, PS/2 keyboard with my dock.
Now, something here can't be right: I am using a small no-name keyboard
(model BTC-5100 Series, made in TAIWAN), and it works just fine on my
Dock I. I don't know for sure, but I don't believe it is made by IBM or
Lexmark. It was a very cheap keyboard ($25) that I bought at ComputerCity,
but they haven't had it anymore for months (I was supposed to get some
for friends in Germany, but no luck). The only thing that does not work
is using the 'Fn' functions for turning off the display, going into
suspend/hibernate, etc. (But I can just unplug it to use these, then plug
it back in).
> --
> Bill Donald donaldb_at_ecid.cig.mot.com
> Documentation Group Tel: (44) 017 9350 0088
> Motorola ECID FAX: (44) 017 9354 1226
> Swindon, SN5 8YQ Home email: wkd_at_farnbell.demon.co.uk
> Wilts. UK G7ENQ
>
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