[ltp] T30 and Dockingstation

[Bert Haskins]

> Nope, as recently as the Thinkpad 600....(5 years ago?), IBM released
> detailed documentation/code of its BIOS....tpctl (by Thomas Hood) was
> developed, I believe, using this info....
>

Would anyone know how to obtain "detailed documentation/code of its BIOS"
for the 380xd, 390/e/x, 770///?
I would really like obtain this.
My main interest is in writing patches to make it possible to boot off of a
pcmcia flash card.
Thanks, Bert

>
> I believe a lot changed in the ThinkPad systems with the introduction of
> the T,A and X series.  I'm not really sure of all the details, but I think
> if they could, they would release the BIOS info.  Certainly the hardware
> team has been very helpful in providing info on other parts of the
> hardware.
>
> And of course, that's all my own opinion, and not indicative of any IBM
> stance on anything, official or otherwise.  *sigh* I should just ask the
> lawyers for a blanket sig...
>
> Pam
>
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