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Today's topics:

    ThinkPad 755CD Trackpoint/Mouse conflict .. problem SOLVED  (Michael
Redmond)
    HD shutdown utility  (Paulo Magalhaes)
    battery replacement under warr?  (Don Whiteside)
    Re: battery replacement under warr?  (David S. Crombie)
    Re: HD shutdown utility  (Antti Kilpinen)
    Re: battery replacement under warr?  (Antti Kilpinen)
    MWave & Linux  (Alex Judd)
    Re: battery replacement under warr?  (Robert Dewar)
    Re: battery replacement under warr?  (Roger J. Buffington)
    Re: HD shutdown utility  (Tom Franklin Tom Franklin)



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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 12:02:48 -0600
From: Michael Redmond <redmond@engr.wisc.edu>
To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
Subject: ThinkPad 755CD Trackpoint/Mouse conflict .. problem SOLVED
Message-Id: <199603211802.MAA16016@cae.wisc.edu>

This is a GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS situation.=20

The conflict I found with the external mouse was resolved (good news). It=
 was=20
resolved by using an IBM logo'd mouse (bad news). Some (many?) otherwise=20
totally standard PS/2 mice will probably work inconsistently with the=
 ThinkPad=20
(at least the 755CD). If you are lucky, you may get one that works. I got=
 lucky=20
by using an IBM logo'd one.

Thanks...
Mike Redmond
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
At 05:14 PM 3/20/96 -0600, Michael Redmond wrote:
|I am trying to use my Thinkpad 755CD as a desktop replacement. I set it so=
 I
|can close the clamshell. I attach and external mouse. Then, one in 3 double
|clicks fails, and one in 5 single clicks (intermittently) fails. Bummer!!!
|
|I disable the trackpoint, reboot, and ... the mouse works perfectly.
|
|I am seeing some type of conflict between the "active" trackpoint in my=7F
|closed machine and the externally connected mouse. It seems others aren't
|having the same problem I am...but I am not sure.=7F
|
|If you've had this problem, have you come up with a solution, short of
|turning the trackpoint off when you use it as a desktop, and turning it=
 back
|on before you go home (also a bummer).
|
|I am using Win 95 and a PS/2 connected mouse (happens to be a DELL mouse,
|but I've had the same result with others).
|
|Thanks
|
|Michael Redmond
|Director, Computer-Aided Engineering Center
|University of Wisconsin, Madison
|(608) 263-1584
|Email: redmond@engr.wisc.edu
|WWW: http://www.engr.wisc.edu/services/cae/staff/redmond.html
|
|
|



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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 19:13:14 +0100
From: Paulo Magalhaes <pamaga@biobase.dk>
To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
Subject: HD shutdown utility
Message-Id: <9603211813.AA26878@biobase.dk>

Hi!
Some time ago someone in this list mentioned a Toshiba utility that
could be used to silence the HD - if I remember right, this could be
used in different TP models without any problems at all. Ok, *where*
can I get hold of this little gem? And has anyone tried it on a TP750Cs?
Thanks for the info,
--
Paulo Magalhaes  *  Dept. Neurology, Columbia University, New York, USA
voice: (+1 212) 305 1665  **  fax: ... 305 3986  **  pm119@columbia.edu


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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 19:54:11 -0500
From: "Don Whiteside" <dwhite@shadow.net>
Reply-To: dwhite@shadow.net
To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
Subject: battery replacement under warr?
Message-Id: <199603220058.TAA18521@anshar.shadow.net>

A few people have reported success in getting IBM to replace their 
batteries for their 750s under warr, and I was looking for some tips 
on the best approach - one of my two batteries won't take a charge at 
all and the other never gets above the yellow/orange light for "low" 
charge. At $170 for the second one, I'd damn well like it to work!

So those of you who called, did you call the standard 1800-772-2227 
and just tell them your batt was b0rked or what? 
=========================================================================
Don Whiteside, professional computer jockey. Kids, don't try this at home
Penis ownership is not a prerequisite to technological competence." - Me
=========================================================================

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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 22:20:23 -0700
From: "David S. Crombie" <dcrombie@cadvision.com>
To: dwhite@shadow.net
CC: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
Subject: Re: battery replacement under warr?
Message-Id: <31523897.1A8A@cadvision.com>

Don,

I have a 360C and therefore only walk-in warranty - but - I called the help
line in 
Canada and they told me how to recondition my battery.  i humored them by
doing what 
they said, and of course, it didn't work.  I called back and told them, then
walked into 
the service centre.  They swapped it for a new one no questions asked.  Just
another 
reason to buy IBM I guess... ACER on the other hand - well, that's another
story in 
customer service.

David S. Crombie
102035.3354@compuserve.com
dcrombie@cadvision.com


Don Whiteside wrote:
> 
> A few people have reported success in getting IBM to replace their
> batteries for their 750s under warr, and I was looking for some tips
> on the best approach - one of my two batteries won't take a charge at
> all and the other never gets above the yellow/orange light for "low"
> charge. At $170 for the second one, I'd damn well like it to work!
> 
> So those of you who called, did you call the standard 1800-772-2227
> and just tell them your batt was b0rked or what?
> =========================================================================
> Don Whiteside, professional computer jockey. Kids, don't try this at home
> Penis ownership is not a prerequisite to technological competence." - Me
> =========================================================================

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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 08:30:23 +0200
From: Antti.Kilpinen@abo.fi (Antti Kilpinen)
To: THINKPAD@CS.UTK.EDU
Subject: Re: HD shutdown utility
Message-Id: <199603220630.IAA23778@ra.abo.fi>

>Hi!
>Some time ago someone in this list mentioned a Toshiba utility that
>could be used to silence the HD - if I remember right, this could be
>used in different TP models without any problems at all. Ok, *where*
>can I get hold of this little gem? And has anyone tried it on a TP750Cs?
>Thanks for the info,
>--
>Paulo Magalhaes  *  Dept. Neurology, Columbia University, New York, USA
>voice: (+1 212) 305 1665  **  fax: ... 305 3986  **  pm119@columbia.edu
>
>
>

meanwhile, press fn-F3 and continue working and the HD will shut down. I use
this regularily and it works well. It is also the fastest method I can think
of.

-antti


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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 12:35:33 +0200
From: Antti.Kilpinen@abo.fi (Antti Kilpinen)
To: THINKPAD@CS.UTK.EDU
Subject: Re: battery replacement under warr?
Message-Id: <199603221035.MAA11470@ra.abo.fi>

>A few people have reported success in getting IBM to replace their 
>batteries for their 750s under warr, and I was looking for some tips 
>on the best approach - one of my two batteries won't take a charge at 
>all and the other never gets above the yellow/orange light for "low" 
>charge. At $170 for the second one, I'd damn well like it to work!
>
>So those of you who called, did you call the standard 1800-772-2227 
>and just tell them your batt was b0rked or what? 
>=========================================================================
>Don Whiteside, professional computer jockey. Kids, don't try this at home
>Penis ownership is not a prerequisite to technological competence." - Me
>=========================================================================
>
>

I had a long discussion with the Finnish product manager of TP products.
He told me that it is printed in the product specifications that the battery
only has one year warranty while the rest of the unit has 3 years. I don't
have the specifications at hand so I really cannot argue with him. I've
tried to have the battery replaced on two different TP750 units through
different vendors with no luck. 
I wonder if any one on the net has seen this limitation of the warranty or
is this something IBM tells me in the hope of incresing the sales?

BTW, here, the TP750 battery is considerabely cheaper when purchased as a
spare part as opposed to a "second battery".

-antti


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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 11:30:43 +0000
From: Alex Judd <ajudd@quantime.co.uk>
To: Thinkpad@cs.utk.edu
CC: ajudd@quantime.co.uk
Subject: MWave & Linux
Message-Id: <2.2.16.19960322112814.09877cd8@tiree.quantime.co.uk>

Excuse the mail that is a repeat of one I mailed a few months ago, but I
(the whole company) have lost 6 days of mail, and someone mailed me recently
to ask how to use the MWave sound with Linux

- SNIP --

You can use the soundblaster emulation under linux by booting linux from
DOS, using 'loadlin' after doing the 'mwgames on'  Use the SB16 drivers.

The modem doesn't work this way, it seems to need DOS level support.  I
haven't tried using dosemu, but it might work if you tinker with the IO
permission map.

Alex


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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 06:39:47 -0500
From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar)
To: Antti.Kilpinen@abo.fi, THINKPAD@cs.utk.edu
Subject: Re: battery replacement under warr?
Message-Id: <9603221139.AA00579@nile.gnat.com>

A couple of comments on batteries.

I have never seen a battery fail, but I am very careful: Never start a
recharge without going all the way down (so nice and easy to do on the
TP with the recharge option), and never leave a battery in the machine
for a long time cycling between 90-100%.

Note that with the Li-Ion batteries, these precautions are unnecessary
(indeed the 90-100 cycling business does not occur with li-ion's, they
always keep a 100% charge inside the machine).

P.S. I note with Li-Ion's, that I can keep my 760CD suspended for days,
with relatively little battery drain, whereas before, the combination
ofbattery drain and decay with the Nimh batteries meant rather short
suspend times.

That's handy, I have not rebooted my OS/2 system for weeks now.

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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 05:26:11 -0500
From: buffingt@chaph.usc.edu (Roger J. Buffington)
Reply-To: buffingt@chaph.usc.edu (Roger J. Buffington)
To: Antti.Kilpinen@abo.fi, tp750@cs.utk.edu
Subject: Re: battery replacement under warr?
Message-Id: <199603221320.FAA28487@chaph.usc.edu>

On Fri, 22 Mar 1996 12:35:33 +0200 (EET) you wrote:
>I had a long discussion with the Finnish product manager of TP products.
>He told me that it is printed in the product specifications that the battery
>only has one year warranty while the rest of the unit has 3 years.>

I have a dead 755Cs battery.  I called EZ-serve, and yes, alas,
although the TP has a 3 year no-question warranty, the battery has a 1
year only warranty.  H recommended the battery as a facinating desktop
paperweight.  It also has uses as a blunt instrument for repelling
tresspassers, should a shotgun loaded with rocksalt not be available.

Anyone know of a good (cheap) third-party source for 755 batteries?

 ----------------------------------
Roger J. Buffington	
USC Law, Class of '97	

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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 07:17:18 +0000
From: TOMF@conic.loral.com (Tom Franklin                                     
 Tom Franklin)
To: Paulo Magalhaes <pamaga@biobase.dk>, Thinkpad@CS.UTK.EDU
Subject: Re: HD shutdown utility
Message-Id: <199603221601.IAA15069@mail.ucsd.edu>

> Hi!
> Some time ago someone in this list mentioned a Toshiba utility that
> could be used to silence the HD - if I remember right, this could be
> used in different TP models without any problems at all. Ok, *where*
> can I get hold of this little gem? And has anyone tried it on a TP750Cs?
> Thanks for the info,

I found that once I truned on the power saving features (i.e., hard 
drive spin down) on my 755C 
or 755CX, the constant clunking went away. Can't explain it, but try 
it.

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