From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=cantata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18L5tl-0002PU-00 for ; Sun, 08 Dec 2002 13:11:25 -0500 Received: from cantata.rednote.net (cantata.rednote.net [127.0.0.1]) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) with ESMTP id gB8IBMUM017316 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=FAIL) for ; Sun, 8 Dec 2002 13:11:23 -0500 Received: (from janina@localhost) by cantata.rednote.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian -4) id gB8IBMxi017314 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 8 Dec 2002 13:11:22 -0500 Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 13:11:21 -0500 From: Janina Sajka To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Laptops for less with serial ports Message-ID: <20021208181121.GC17109@rednote.net> References: <20021129211722.GA6428@rednote.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Operating-System: Linux cantata 2.4.20 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi, Charlie: Yes, outstanding keypads on Thinkpad. At least, they're highly popular and award winning. The only thing I've noticed, and it's only been occassional for me, is a kind of freeze where I can't press F10, for example, because what I get when I do is actually Ctrl-F10. And, in WordPerfect for DOS, of course, that means you can't exit with F7! Ergo, the reboot. I have not seen this with my T20, insofar as I recall, but I also have not run WordPerfect for DOS since I can recall. So, I'm not sure I've seen this in at least two years--about as long as I've had the T20. Could be IBM, could be the WP, however, as well. Charles Crawford writes: > From: ccrawford@acb.org > > Janina, > > I am impressed with your talking about the think Pad, I have > always loved the keyboards on those laptops. If someone ploans on dual > booting however, they should be aware at least on my think pad, the damn > thing loses its keyboard mapping in DOS and I havew not been able to do > anything but reboot to get it back. I have even gone so far as to create > a boot disk so Windows is never seen, but still the same. Either a pathing > problem to whatever controls the keyboard or a hardware thing. don't > know. > > Having said that, I don't know if there would be aproblem with > Linux but if I convert the thing to Linux, then it will be all linux. > > -- charlie. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175