[ltp] Questions/Pointers for ThinkPad 600 Model 2645-21u

[Kang Tin LAI]

Yes, lspnp and setpnp from PCMCIA package can disable and enable the serial 
port, but the power supply for serial port. "tpctl" has this option but I didn't 
try.

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Kang Tin LAI <ktlai@hk.net>
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Ken Restivo wrote:
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> Actually, I was told to use a pnp-enabled pcmcia-cs package and the lspnp/setpnp tools to enable the serial ports, and was able to do it without having to resort to DOS at all.
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> On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 03:48:54PM -0400, Ross Patterson wrote:
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>>On Tuesday 10 June 2003 03:29 pm, MegaBight wrote:
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>>>Can you give me some examples? What will I lose out on if I don't do
>>>DOS and run
>>>this PS2.EXE thingy??
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>>Sure - there are a few device-control issues in ThinkPads.  One you read about 
>>often on this list is serial ports.  It appears that tpctl is unable to 
>>activate the serial port unless it has been previously enabled by either 
>>PS2.EXE or the Windows "ThinkPad Configuration" tool.  So, for example, when 
>>I wanted to hook my PDA up to my 600X for serial-based syncronization, I had 
>>to somehow get the serial port enabled on a machine that had *never* run DOS 
>>or Windows.
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