From: John H. Kim (kim_at_stormhaven.org)
Date: Wed Sep 23 1998 - 18:21:01 EDT
On Wed, 23 Sep 1998, Annelise Anderson wrote:
> My 701C came with OS/2 and Win3.1 (I upgraded this to 95); but now, with
> a new 2G hard drive, I put Win95 and FreeBSD on it. I no longer have
> any "ThinkPad features" but I have diskettes--PCMCIA features,,
> audio features, video features, infrared features.
>
> Could someone advise on what to reinstall? I'm not sure I really need
> any of it; but right now I don't know how to say "external monitor only"
> or "external keyboard only" (that might be in the manual, though).
The cool thing about the 701 is that all the management
functions (APM features, battery meter, disk and display
timeouts, etc.) are built into the BIOS, and thus available
without having to install software. Windows should provide
PCMCIA support, the audio is SBPro-compatible, I think Win95
supports the CT65545 by default although the drivers direct
>from Chips are reputed to be better, and Windows should
provide IR support. So you're basically all set - don't need
to install anything.
If you Fn-F7 repeatedly, it toggles between the LCD-only,
external monitor-only, and simultanoues LCD & monitor.
I don't think there is a setting for external keyboard only,
but why would you need it? You can turn the trackpoint on/off
within the BIOS.
> I upgraded to 40 megs ram by buying a 32 mb part for $58 from
> www.thechipmerchant.com. I thought that was quite good and I have
> had good experiences with them.
Sheesh. I paid $420 for my 16MB upgrade a little over two
years ago (back when desktop memory was still around $20/meg).
-- John H. Kim kim_at_stormhaven.org
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