[ltp] IBM to sell its PC business

[Winsley von Spee]

Am Freitag, den 03.12.2004, 15:05 -0500 schrieb 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.
> 
> -- 
>   Och Aye. Twa pounds ten, and that's cutting me puir wee throatie.
>   Would ye want that haggis supersized?
>         -- McDibbler (Suresh Ramasubramanian, ASR Oct. 1, 2003)
> There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see

Of course you can switch it with fn+PgUp, but thats not so cool as
switching it from the console gg. Get ibm_acpi for that.

Greetz