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At 10:40 AM 8/28/96 -0400, Tim Tyhurst wrote:
>> >The BIOS laptop gauges are also OS-independent. They'll work just
>> >fine under Linux, FreeBSD, Lynx, or any other oddball OS you throw
>> >at it. It's a great feature, and I'm surprised IBM isn't putting
>> >it on all their machines.
>>
>> Agreed 100%. As I said, I thought this was the "New" way of doing
>> things and sort of assumed other TP's after the 701 (maybe before) had this
>> feature. I was sorely disappointed to find it lacking in the 560. A real
>> step back after a huge step forward, IMO.
>
>I recall reading that the 701 BIOS uses video chipset features to implement
>the OS-independent fuel gauge. I don't think that any other ThinkPad
>models uses the same video chipset as the 701, which would explain why
>no other units have this feature. The 760 series has the LCD status
>display, but presumably that wasn't provided on the 560.
>Tim Tyhurst tim@excelsior.com
No, it wasn't. Just some very basic (and kinda ugly) LED's in the
corner that don't tell/show a whole lot. Just the typical lights for AC
Power, Battery charging/dying, Suspend, Caps Lock, Scroll Lock, and Num Lock
(and oh yeah--Hard Drive light). Nothing especially informative beyond the
very basics.
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