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Date:      Thu, 8 Mar 2001 15:47:47 -0800
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Andrew Hesford <ajh3@cec.wustl.edu>
Cc:        "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@datasyrge.net>, Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx>, FreeBSD-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: APM
Message-ID:  <20010308154747.A21127@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <20010308165523.A6615@cec.wustl.edu>; from ajh3@cec.wustl.edu on Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 04:55:24PM -0600
References:  <20010308164413.A497@cec.wustl.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0103081752080.12493-100000@equinox.datasyrge.net> <20010308165523.A6615@cec.wustl.edu>

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On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 04:55:24PM -0600, Andrew Hesford wrote:
> Believe me, I'd love to do that. Unfortunately, the
> processor/motherboard in the T450 use the SECC packaging for the PIII,
> wher=E6s the L733r uses the PIII Coppermine with FC-PGA packaging.
>=20
> Maybe, just maybe, if I hack up my old PIII-450, I can jam the new
> Coppermine into the old package. :)
>=20
> One more thing... The L733r doesn't technically have an APM BIOS. There
> are no APM settings in the BIOS setup. Instead, it supports ACPI, which
> I expect to work with the FreeBSD APM device driver for two reasons:
>=20
> 1) Linux APM used to work with this PC
> 2) I thought ACPI mobos were backwards-compatible with APM.

I can't comment on the Linux thing, but I've seen comments to the effect
that ACPI-only systems are beginning to appear.  You may be SOL until
5.0 if that's the case.

-- Brooks

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