[Thinkpad] Running a 750/755 keboardless

I need to run 7 or 8 of the 750/755 series machines without the
keyboard in place. Does anyone have a pinout of the 3 keyboard inputs to
the mainboard so I can figure out which ones to jump so the m/b "sees"
the keyboard on boot-up? The bios in all of these units does not allow
disabling of the keyboard. The trackpoint has to be disabled as well,
but this I have done in BIOS.

Also, I require power to run the motherboards without the power supply.
I've soldered to a 22V power lead from a project board, and the computer
runs fine. The HMM says 18-21V for input power, and the power supply
that I had on the machine was 20V. Will I encounter any problems
longer-term with the 1-2V higher input or would it still be considered
within tolerance? I don't have to worry about charging a battery,
because these projects don't require one, strictly AC.

Thanks.

Dave

P.S. Also require 2 or 3 TV-Tuner cards for the 755CD/CDV if anyone on
the list knows of/has any, please email me off list.

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Received on Sun Mar 28 00:16:32 2004