[ltp] New Thinkpad Advice - X models

[nut megger]

--- Charles E Taylor IV <tomalek@mindspring.com>
wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 04:48:51 -0700 (PDT)
> nut megger <bmw_nutmegger@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > I do not believe that you can access the serial
> port
> > located on the ultrabay of the x series thinkpads
> > since I have not been able to do it after trying
> for
> > close to six weeks.
> 
> I'll have to try my X20 ultrabay's serial port to
> see if there's a
> problem.  I know the PARALLEL port is accessible,
> but since I use the
> internal modem, I've never had need to use it.  The
> USB ports, of course,
> work fine.
> 
> > In my case, PC Doctor says the serial port is
> present,
> > it is enabled in the BIOS configuration, but no
> Linux
> > distribution that I know of can access it (e.g.,
> > Fedora Core 2, SuSe 9.1, Debian, Redhat, Mandrake
> 10,
> > and on and on and on - I have tried them all) -
> VERY
> > FRUSTRATING and makes the X series with an
> ultrabay
> > useless.  Go with the R series or new T series.
> 
> Have you been able to access the serial port on
> "That Other OS"?  

No problem accessing any port, including the serial
port, on the ultrabay with Windows ME (it hurt me to
say that).  In fact, powering up the external modem,
that other OS immediately recognizes it and I am off
and running.



		
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