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On Sat, 15 Mar 1997 PAULKHOURY@aol.com wrote: > > also be used when on battery power. Another question for the list though: > Has anyone with a 701 had any problems sending and recieving information > through a terminal program when doing an Fn function which has the little > icon on the screen, or if the AC Adapter is plugged in or taken out? I have > had disconnections when this happens. This is common with power management systems built into the BIOS. When you activate a power management function, it calls a BIOS routine which the CPU is forced to run. If this happens during a critical time, like when the CPU is busy handling modem data, you can get an error. The 701 may be a little more prone to this because functions like the battery meter are built into the BIOS (most other laptops use a program, which only needs to make a single BIOS call, not run an entire routine). The most extreme example is hitting Fn-F1 to get into the setup screen. That'll stop anything the 701 is doing dead in its tracks. The upside to this is that the 701's power management will work under any operating system, any circumstances short of a complete system lock-up. -- John H. Kim jokim@tuna.mit.edu