From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Tue Feb 20 2001 - 00:59:51 EST
win9x has a nasty habit of changing things in the 701 bios..
so make changes from DOS and then do a hard boot..
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dominique Pivard" <domi_at_kenavo.fi>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: 701C printer cable
> I think I have one somewhere, that I'd be happy to sell you if you make me
> a reasonable offer. But why don't you set up a quick-and-dirty LAN?
> Network cards are pretty cheap these days, and all you need to transfer
> files between two PC's is a network adapter in both machines and a
> crossover cable between the two. This will be much faster than a transfer
> over the parallel port, and probably won't cost you much more.
>
> HTH, Dominique
>
> On Sun, 18 Feb 2001 at 05:16 PM you, "SirPhil" <sirphil_at_cyber-wizard.com>,
> said:
>
> >Hi,
> >Anyone know where I can find the printer adapter for the floppy drive
> >port of the 701C? I'm using the laplink software to transfer files to my
> >laptop, but using the dock II port printer port is slow and buggy (keeps
> >getting automatically setup to the same IRQ as the ESS sound). Also while
> >the BIOS setup says you can manually set the port settings in the BIOS,
> >it doesn't seem to be an option when you try. And I cannot figure out to
> >set it up as a EPP or ECP port even though it's supposed to be capable..
> >Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> >Thanks in advance,
>
> >Phil
>
>
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