[ltp] ibm thinkpad 770

[Douglas Bridges]

The engineering group who designed the 755C/CS/CD was located in Japan. That
was the first series that included Easy Setup. The bios continued on from
there. The bird in Easy Setup is a hummingbird. The best thing about Easy
Setup is the self-test that you can run in it. You can get to some extended
tests (like a very good floppy test) by doing a Cntl-A and Cntl-D while in
the test screen. It will let the bios do loopback tests on the serial and
parrellel ports (if you have loopback connectors) and it will format a
floppy disk to make sure the floppy drive can write correctly.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Hood" <jdthood2@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com>
Cc: <kennethj@stud.cs.uit.no>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [ltp] ibm thinkpad 770


>
> "Easy setup" is certainly a BIOS setup program.  SFAIK
> it is the only one.
>
> What do you all think of "Easy Setup".  I am sort of fond
> of the little bird whose wings flap as I move the cursor.
> However, the whole thing is just a bit too cute.  Out of
> character for IBM.  Is IBM's laptop engineering center
> located in East Asia, by any chance?
>
> Thomas
>
> --- Kenneth Johansen <kennethj@stud.cs.uit.no> wrote:
> > anyone know how to get into the bios on this one ?
> >
> > pressing F2 at boot time lets me enter something called "EASY SETUP"!?!?
> >
> > but i dont think thats the bios.....the only thing i can do i chose
> > wheter to use multiple displays or not!!
> >
> > what i really want to do is enable the serial port in linux, but running
> > tpctl (think that was the right name for it), does not enable it.
>
> Easy Setup won't do what you want.  Use PS2.EXE or setpnp.  Use tpctl
> to make sure that PS2.EXE and/or setpnp has done what you wanted.
>
> More info at http://panopticon.csustan.edu/thood/tp600lnx.htm#secres
>
>
>
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