From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Thu Sep 24 1998 - 11:55:55 EDT
Be aware that win9x can change the bios settings if you change something in
system properties..
John H. Kim wrote:
> 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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