[ltp] IBM to sell its PC business

[Matt Graham]

On Friday 03 December 2004 14:56, after a long battle with technology, 
Meike Reichle wrote:
> a little X20. But I always loved the Thinkpad's "oldschool" look
> (reliability remains yet to be proven but I got no doubts it won't
> dissapoint me).

IME, they're built very solidly.  I've owned 3 *refurbished* Thinkpads 
in constant use since 2000, 2 hardware problems--one broken CD-ROM 
drive, one fan failure.  CD-ROM drive was easily replaceable but I 
didn't want to spend the $150 or so.  Fan was fixed with a FRU manual 
from IBM's website, a part from http://ibm-spare-parts.com/ , and 20 
minutes of screwdriver-fu.

> > You can even turn the tp light on and off from the console thats a 
> > very cool feature ;).
> You can? How's that work?

Hardware: Fn-PgUp, at least on an A22p.
Software: dunno.  tpctl doesn't do it, tpb can execute a command when 
you change the light's status, but I don't think it can change the 
light's status by itself.  It's probably just a matter of twiddling the 
right bit in /dev/misc/nvram though.

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