Re: [701]-Undoccumented features in BIOS...

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From: Paul Khoury (pkhoury_at_loop.com)
Date: Mon Sep 28 1998 - 01:53:01 EDT

On Mon, 28 Sep 1998 00:26:09 -0400, Slip wrote:

>>Nope -- what you've heard about was the infamous "don't low level format
>>an IDE drive" thing. And, yes, it used to be true.
>
>I didn't think they'd put something like this in a newer system..Thanks for
>the response! I also wanted to post another 'undoccumented feature' for the
>701. It's in the hardware maintaince manual(which I HIGHLY suggest all TP
>owners d/l) This file is great! If you have a problem, it will probably be
>answered in it! I think this is what technicians use at IBM-you'll see what
>I mean if you d/l it. Anyways, about the 701-if you go into BIOS
>setup(holding down F1 while booting system), click on the test icon. Then
>hit CONTROL-A for the advanced menu. Then hit CONTROL-K for the keyboard
>test. Whichever key you press is displayed on the screen. Hit ESC to end
>testing. I thought it was kinda cool anyways. :-)

Oh yeah, I've known about that for a long time. I think if you press CRTL-E you get the
Error Log, too. 

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