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Date:      Tue, 06 Oct 1998 16:48:23 -0600
From:      "Kenton A. Hoover" <shibumi@bumi-ppc.cisco.com>
To:        freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD on ThinkPad 600 
Message-ID:  <199810062348.QAA13734@bumi-ppc.cisco.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 06 Oct 1998 10:03:27 PDT." <199810061703.KAA28177@thrush.omix.com> 

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Are the other TP600 users running into the suspend/hibernate lockup on 
wake problem?  Does anyone have a good lead into what it is?


> Charles Quarri <randy@hackerz.org> wrote:
> > Quoting Oddbjorn Steffensen (oddbjorn@oddbjorn.bdc.no):
> > > I'm considering buying a ThinkPad 600 to run FreeBSD on, and search
> > > freebsd-mobile for experiences with the machine.
> 
> 	I've had mine for a few months now.  Quite simply I love it!
> 
> 	>snip<
> > I can't get a few things to work, such as the WaveModem (I have seen a lot
> > of "this is completely hopeless" messages on this topic),
> 
> 	Yep.  I didn't even bother trying as I knew it wasn't going to
> 	work. -Besides, I wanted a cel modem anyway. :-)
> 
> > and the built-in
> > sound card (I have to be able to play my mp3 and get sound in enlightenment
).
> > I still only have PAO-2.2.6 installed on it, so that may be some of my
> > problem.
> 
> 	I haven't installed PAO yet, but I got the sound to work easily.
> 
> 	According to IBM's web site, it's a Sound Blaster card/chipset, so
> 	I just configured sb0 and sbxvi0.  I'm not sure which one it works
> 	on, but it works so I don't particularly care. :-)  I've also
> 	configured sbmidi0, but I haven't tried it yet.
> 
> > A last note, the laptop does use the NeoMagic chip set.  I ended up spendin
g
> > the money for AccerleratedX (I have used it before, and it is fairly nice),
> > but this going to change with the next release of Xfree86.
> 
> 	Ditto.  Actually, I'm quite pleased with AcceleratedX.  When I got
> 	the copy for my TP600, they gave me a %50 discount on a copy for
> 	my desktop.  It is noticeably faster then XFree86 (ATI Mach64).
> 
> -- 
> -Zenin (zenin@archive.rhps.org)           From The Blue Camel we learn:
> BSD:  A psychoactive drug, popular in the 80s, probably developed at UC
> Berkeley or thereabouts.  Similar in many ways to the prescription-only
> medication called "System V", but infinitely more useful. (Or, at least,
> more fun.)  The full chemical name is "Berkeley Standard Distribution".
> 
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