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From: comptec91025@camins.camosun.bc.ca (Ian Hobday)
Subject: Re: Battery drain device
Organization: Camosun College
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 04:20:24 GMT

In article <Bz9q46.Gz8@ireq.hydro.qc.ca>, beaurega@ireq.hydro.qc.ca 
(Denis Beauregard) writes: 

>Save the resistor....
>
>You just need to be sure your batteries are the lowest possible before
>recharging them.  Batteries have a memory.  If you charge them when
>at 25% empty, they will fill to 25% (approximate figures: if the batteries
>are not low, they wont charge to maximum; the next time, they will charge
>less, and so on).  So, just use your own computer instead of a resistor.

[remainder of post deleted....]

This is not true anymore, and has not been true for quite a long time... 
there was quite a big discussion about this awhile back, and there is also a 
FAQ that gets posted once and awhile....

Ian.
From: ekrimen@wet.UUCP (Ed Krimen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: External Docking Station Info
Date: 17 Dec 92 00:23:20 GMT
Organization: Wetware Diversions, San Francisco

In article <1992Dec12.224816.1222@camaro> tfoley@camaro (Tim Foley) writes:
>  Ok, no one seems to have come forward with information regarding Docking 
>stations...  someone out there must know more than I do, such as the pinouts 
>of that 96 pin connector on that back of our laptops...

Call Axonix Corp (800-866-9797) and ask the about docking stations.  I called
them just today to have them send me some info.  I saw a good article about
them in a local computer magazine.



-- 
   |||    Ed Krimen
   |||    ekrimen@wet.uucp
  / | \   E.KRIMEN (GEnie)
Organization: Queen's University at Kingston
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 19:30:24 EST
From: <HAGERS@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: high speed modem for zenith mastersport

i have heard there is an internal 9600 baud modem for the zenith mastersport
laptop [386sx]..so far i have been unable to track down a source for this
modem..anyone out there able to help?..please e-mail me your responses...
happy holidays!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: kees@echelon.uucp (Kees Hendrikse)
Subject: Re: Very dead T1000SE battery revived
Organization: Echelon Consultancy, Enschede, The Netherlands
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 13:44:06 GMT

In <WBE.92Dec16030131@crystal.bbn.com> wbe@bbn.com (Winston Edmond) writes:

>    Thanks to suggestions from this newsgroup, and after some experimenting, I
> seem to have managed to revive a completely dead T1000SE battery pack.  

After writing how he did manage to revive the NiCad, Winston Edmond suggest
other ways to do it, including:

> * Using a 12V car battery probably also works, but is overkill and looks to
>     be much more dangerous since the current isn't limited and it probably
>     causes sparks.  

Never ever try this suggestion, as a car battery (especially a healthy one)
is capable of delivering 70-80 Amps through the NiCad, which might cause
the NiCad to explode. Always use a device with controlled current. If you
can't revive the NiCad with about 10 Amps, throw it away, it's really dead.

-- 
Kees Hendrikse                                | email: kees@echelon.uucp
                                              |
ECHELON consultancy and software development  | phone: +31 (0)53 836 585
PO Box 545, 7500AM Enschede, The Netherlands  | fax:   +31 (0)53 337 415
From: wbe@bbn.com (Winston Edmond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Very dead T1000SE battery revived
Date: 16 Dec 92 15:18:13
Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc., Cambridge, MA
NNTP-Posting-Host: crystal.bbn.com
In-reply-to: kees@echelon.uucp's message of Wed, 16 Dec 1992 13:44:06 GMT

wbe@bbn.com (Winston Edmond) writes:
> * Using a 12V car battery probably also works, but is overkill and looks to
>     be much more dangerous since the current isn't limited and it probably
>     causes sparks.  

kees@echelon.uucp (Kees Hendrikse) replied:
   Never ever try this suggestion, as a car battery (especially a healthy one)
   is capable of delivering 70-80 Amps through the NiCad, which might cause
   the NiCad to explode. Always use a device with controlled current. If you
   can't revive the NiCad with about 10 Amps, throw it away, it's really dead.

I reply:
   The only reason I mentioned using a car battery is that I've seen that
suggestion made in this newsgroup before.  The poster of that suggestion also
said things like [paraphrasing] "if the cable welds itself to the battery
pack terminal and you can't pull it off, RUN", and "this is very dangerous."
I agree.  I recommend NOT using a car battery, for all the reasons mentioned
and others not yet mentioned.  However, in theory, if you tried it and lucked
out and nothing bad happened, it would work, and perhaps knowing that will
help someone imagine other, safer, equally effective solutions.
 -WBE
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: tt@thor.acc.Virginia.EDU (Tang Tang)
Subject: memory and expansion chassis for Toshiba T5200?
Reply-To: tt@virginia.edu
Organization: Academic Computing Center, University of Va.
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 03:54:09 GMT

  Does anyone know what type of memory the T5200 uses?  Is there
a place to get a T5200 expansion chassis?

Thanks in advance,
Tang
From: matsalle@herbarium.bpp.msu.edu (K. Mat-Salleh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Best Portable Fax/Modem Combo ?
Date: 19 Dec 92 00:05:03 GMT
Reply-To: matsalle@herbarium.bpp.msu.edu (K. Mat-Salleh)
Organization: Beal-Darlington Herbarium, Michigan State University, E. Lansing

Hi Folks:

After a long delay, I think I am ready to get a nice fax/modem for my T1000SE.
I would like to get some comments on which model should I get. Since most
people now getting 96/96 fax/data modems for desktop, I wonder what is current
"standard" for laptops/notebooks. How cheap is there for 96/24 fax/data now, as
compare to 96/96. Please send me these information, as well as any suggestion
on which models/brands should I avoid. I will summarise if there are enough
response.

K.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: crubel@encore.com (Curtis Rubel)
Subject: ZEOS laptop--Who really makes it??
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:16:40 GMT
Summary: ZEOS Notebook--Who makes it??
Keywords: ZEOS laptop

So who really makes the notebooks for ZEOS....?

Also any suggestions on a vendor for replacement hard drives---

2 1/2" IDE....


Thanks 

Curtis
crubel@encore.com
From: jiu1@husc11.harvard.edu (Haibin Jiu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: ThinkPad 700
Keywords: IBM,ThinkPad,notebook,MCA,486SLC,486
Date: 11 Dec 92 20:21:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Dec11.152156.18407
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

The new IBM notebooks are really cool (look and performance).
I saw a demo in Boston last week and it was great.  The color
LCD screen is simply too sexy!

And I think their pricing is quite competitive too...

Haibin
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: rcook@gfx.engga.uwo.ca (Richard Cook)
Subject: Request for SHARP LM640 LCD pinout
Organization: University of Western Ontario, London
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 20:49:20 GMT

Greetings!  I have an LCD display from a Radio Shack (Tandy) laptop,
model 1400 or 2800.  Can anyone help me to identify the 10 pin header
connector and its interface protocol?

The board has a label of:   SHARP LM640   MADE IN JAPAN.
I don't have the laptop so I do not even know which pins are its power supply.
Tandy U.S. said they don't carry the service manual for it.

There is no controller on the board, just the display drivers (masked) and two
extra ICs labelled:  LA5316 9L5 and 50003SCC-S 903.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  You may contact me at the following
e-mail address:   rcook@gfx.engga.uwo.ca

Thank you.
-- 

Richard Cook	(519) 641-1985
Elect. Eng. FAX	(519) 661-3488
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: bubba@bnr.ca (John Bechtel (BNR))
Subject: Info requested:  Panasonic/Tandy CF250 memory
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:19:06 GMT

I recently purchased a Panasonic 286, model CF250, made by Tandy in Texas. 
 As I try to install Windows 3.1, I find a requirement for an additional 
meg of memory.  Panasonic are unable to help me, as they never intended to 
distribute this model.

Does anyone know where I can get the memory module, or, failing that, 
where I can get the spec for it, or, failing that, a phone number for 
Tandy?

Please reply via e-mail to bubba@bnr.ca

John Bechtel
Bell-Northern Research, Maidenhead, England
All opinions are personal.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: mstieb@nyx.cs.du.edu (Michael Stieb)
Subject: Hard Drive for Panasonic 150/Tandy 1100FD
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 04:48:53 GMT


  Here is my question,  since the introduction of the Tandy 1100HD (HD
denotes hard drive, I have been wondering where they put the Hard Drive.
At first I thought it was where the internal modem was in the 1100FD. 
However, In the new RS catalog they offer the same modem for either the
1100FD or the 1100HD.  Did they (RS) put the HD under the keyboard using
the port that I have a 1 meg expansion card hooked up to?  I they indeed
put it there and hooked it to the same port, is it possible to put the
Hard Drive into that port if I could get my hands on one?  BTW, I have the
Panasonic version.  Someone makes that Hard Drive for Tandy, there should
be a way to get it.  Please, no RS employee pat answers.  I'm looking for
usable feedback.

Michael Stieb
Stieb@outlaw.uwyo.edu
Standard disclaimer here (I'm not clever enough to write my own)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: agood@netcon.smc.edu (Aaron Good)
Subject: Re: Info requested:  Panasonic/Tandy CF250 memory
Organization: Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 23:00:21 GMT

>Does anyone know where I can get the memory module, or, failing that, 
>where I can get the spec for it, or, failing that, a phone number for 
>Tandy?
>
Forget Tandy, the back of PC magazine has a group of three or four parts
houses that sell memory for the TANDY/Panasonic group of machines.

I recently purchased two megs through one of these mail - order houses
at a considerable savings over a Tandy dealer.

My machine is a Tandy 2810 HD... Is yours similar... if so PC or Byte 
advertisers should help...
From: maxc0125@ucselx.sdsu.edu (Dennis Rubner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Notebook & CD Rom Info Wanted
Date: 12 Dec 92 04:11:17 GMT
Organization: San Diego State University Computing Services
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

I have a Notebook with a 386SL enhanced parallel port. 
I've read that normal parallel to scsi converters are very slow.
Does it make any sense to use a CD rom with a notebook, and in what way does a
SL enhanced par-port increase the data throughput ?

Thanks in advance for getting some light into this area 



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From: sfm@manduca.neurobio.arizona.edu (Stephen Matheson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: What's wrong with DOS 4.01?
Date: 18 Dec 92 21:15:26 GMT
Organization: University of Arizona UNIX Users Group

From article <BzF47F.35t@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>,
by norlin@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Norman Lin):

> ekrimen@wet.UUCP (Ed Krimen) writes:

>>The machine comes with DOS 4.01, which I've heard is deadly.  I'm

> Why?  I'm running 4.01; what's wrong with it?  I believe I have heard
> something like this before, also, but have never heard any specifics.

Jeff Prosise's PC Magazine DOS 5 Techiques and Utilities begins with an
entertaining history of DOS.  Some excerpts:

"Microsoft had thrown many of its best operating system resources into
the development effort accompanying OS/2, so it fell to programmers at
IBM to do the bulk of the work on version 4.0. ...the continuity that
had benefited the development of earlier versions was gone.  Too, many
industry seers were predicting the imminent demise of DOS... The result
was the most ill-conceived version of DOS ever.

"Ironically, DOS 4.0 offered several technological advances...  ...MEM...
...MODE... EMM386.SYS... ...FASTOPEN...

"However, DOS 4.0 contained several well-publicized bugs that users found
infuriating, and some of the subtle changes...created incompatibilities...
A hasty rerelease (labeled version 4.01) fixed many of the bugs that had
surfaced, but not in time to quell a reputation version 4.0 had earned for
being bug-ridden."

--

Steve Matheson   Program in Neuroscience   University of Arizona
sfm@neurobio.arizona.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin)
Subject: Re: Very dead T1000SE battery revived
Organization: Telebit Corporation; Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Date: 16 Dec 92 01:24:25

You can often temporarily revive nicads by jolting them with 
large currents the way you did, but they usually will crap
out again before long.

Fortunately there are some 3rd party vendors selling t1000se
replacement batteries at less rapacious prices than Toshiba's.
I think your best bet is to buy such a battery.

You might also try prying open the pack and replacing the
cells inside.  I'm not sure what this entails with the T1000se
but it seems worth a try.  Krazy Glue is good for putting
sealed packs back together.  Digi-key is a good source of
nicad cells and premade packs (ie. cells soldered together).
Call 800 information for their number.
From: andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: REQUEST - 1st PC - Notebook or desktop system for home?
Date: 15 Dec 92 20:34:13 GMT
Reply-To: andrew@frip.wv.tek.com
Organization: Tektronix Color Printers, Wilsonville, Oregon

I tried getting by with a single great notebook, then switched to a
good desk system and a lesser notebook.  A few considerations:

Display size.  Today's notebooks will drive an external monitor at
800x600, but I haven't yet seen one that goes higher.  1024x768 is
awfully nice.  A PC novice who's used to SGI workstations isn't going
to be happy at 640x480.

Display compatibility.  If you do drive an external monitor at 800x600,
then you have to reconfigure the video drivers for all your software
everytime you switch from built-in to external monitor.  (Either that
or keep two copies of your aps, eating disk space.)  Even if you run
your external monitor at 640x480, you may still have to reconfigure if
your built-in display is monochrome, just to be able to read the
display.

Software.  If you buy the fancy notebook, you only need one copy of all
the software you want.  If you buy two systems, to be legit you'll need
two copies of several of them.  Kudos to Microsoft apps, whose licenses
say you can purchase a single copy for both your desk system and your
notebook so long as you're the dominant user of both.

Expandability.  If you want to add a sound board to play games, or you
need more than two serial ports, then you'll have to shell out big
bucks to add an expansion chassis to the notebook, and you'll have more
configurations woes when you connect and disconnect.

  -=- Andrew Klossner  (andrew@frip.wv.tek.com)
                       (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew)
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From: anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Anthony J Stieber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.palmtops
Subject: Re: ZEOS P.PC Owners Wanted
Followup-To: comp.sys.palmtops
Date: 14 Dec 1992 19:26:40 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4

In article <BLK.92Dec14105735@vanity.mitre.org> blk@mitre.org (Brian L. Kahn) writes:
>In article <45040@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> kronberg@sag4.ssl.berkeley.edu (Frank Kronberg) writes:
>   The keys on my Zeos need to be depressed exactly in the middle or
>type to make sure the letters get entered?  Also, can you touch-type
>on the Zeos in your lap or do you have to place it on a table top?

The Fujitsu Poqet PC has a similar keyboard but it's not quite as
picky.  I've found it difficult to type with it on my lap because it's
smaller than my lap so it tends to fall between my knees.  I can balance
my HP-95LX on one knee however :-).

>How can one try out a Zeos before buying?  I thought Zeos used direct
>sales only.  I have never seen a Zeos or Poquet in a store.

Zeos has a 30 day no questions asked money back guarantee.  The Poqet
PC is sold in at least one store here in Milwaukee.  

I've crossposted and set followups to comp.sys.palmtops.  Note that
Zeos has several biz.zeos.* groups.
--
<-:(= Anthony Stieber	anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu   uwm!uwmcsd4!anthony
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: blk@mitre.org (Brian L. Kahn)
Subject: Re: ZEOS P.PC Owners Wanted
Organization: The MITRE Corp. Bedford, MA
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:57:35 GMT

In article <45040@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> kronberg@sag4.ssl.berkeley.edu (Frank Kronberg) writes:

   The keys on my Zeos need to be depressed exactly in the middle or
   the keystroke won't register.  Not a big problem, however.......

Sounds pretty annoying.  Do you have to watch the screen while you
type to make sure the letters get entered?  Also, can you touch-type
on the Zeos in your lap or do you have to place it on a table top?

   The screen is very small and the characters are tiny, so as to fit
   25 lines of 80 characters within this small screen.  This is a more
   difficult problem and you should try out the Zeos before you buy,
   so you can decide whether you are  willing to live with this difficulty.

How can one try out a Zeos before buying?  I thought Zeos used direct
sales only.  I have never seen a Zeos or Poquet in a store.

   I am happy with my Zeos because the small size and weight compensate
   for the above drawbacks.


ADthanksVANCE,

--
B<   Brian Kahn   blk@mitre.org   "may the farce be with you"
From: patel@ee470.ee.mcgill.ca (PATEL/SAMEER BABU/MR)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: NEC UltraLite III and Windows -- NEED HELP!!
Summary: Can't get it to work
Date: 15 Dec 92 19:13:32 GMT
Organization: EE Lab, McGill University EE Lab, Montreal

I can't get Windows 3.0 or 3.1 to install properly on the UltraLite.
Windows 3.0 just chokes after awhile and 3.1 says "cppwin386??? in
use, press F3 to quit."

I think it is probably my disk drive. The funny thing is that all
other copy operations work fine.

Should I be able to just type "setup" and have it work, or am I missing
something.

Please e-mail or post here.

Thanks.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: dmarble@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Duane F Marble)
Subject: Re: Shareware Stacker-like Program?
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 13:11:45 GMT

Having used both Stacker and SuperStor, I strongly recommend Stacker.
-- 
Duane F. Marble			       E-mail: dmarble@magnus.acs.osu.edu
Department of Geography                Telephone: (614) 292-2250
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio 43210                   Fax: (614) 292-6213
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: brian@grot.starconn.com (Brian Smithson)
Subject: Re: disk memory expansion for NEC Ultralite
Organization: Grot Shops, Ltd.
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 03:15:29 GMT

sorgatz@avatar.tti.com (sorgatz) writes:

> Ok, so I've been read-only here for 30 days, I haven't seen anything
>that mentions the NEC Ultralite...forgive me if this is an FAQ item,
>all advice gratefully accepted; advTHANKS!ance.

The FAQ item is that there is a mailing list which is dedicated to
the old NEC UltraLite PC1701 and PC1702 (you have a 1701).  To subscribe,
send a message to ultralite-list-request@grot.starconn.com.  You'll
get about 30+ digests of back issues sent to you and then you'll get
included in the trickle of traffic which passes through the list thereafter
into eternity.  Nearly all of your questions can be answered.  Not all of
the answers will make you happy.  However the UL is still a nice unit for
the sorts of things you're doing, and there's a fun bunch of enthusiasts
still using them out there.

-- 
-Brian Smithson
 brian@grot.starconn.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
From: melissa@romulus (Melissa Woo)
Subject: ThinkPad 700 - no summary :-(
Summary: No responses to ThinkPad 700 request
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:42:13 GMT
Keywords: thinkpad,ibm,notebook,486

My apologies to all the people who have mailed me about any info I might
receive on the IBM ThinkPad 700/700C.

The only info I got at all was from a nice gentleman who owns another of
the IBM laptops, and commented that the keyboard was great, and that he
is happy with his machine.

I'm not sure, but the lack of responses may be due to production or
shipping delays with the ThinkPad.  One of the network people over here
told me that she ordered her Thinkpad back in October, and still has not
received it.

This is the only info that I can provide personally:

IBM ThinkPad 700 & 700C -

IBM's 80486SLC 25MHz (not to be confused with Cyrix's chip)
16K internal memory cache
optional math co-processor or speed doubler to 50MHz
1 3.5" 1.44M floppy drive
700 - 82 or 122 Meg hd drive; 700C - 120 Meg hd drive; 17 ms
700 - 64 grayscale VGA mono, side-lit LCD, 9.5", contrast ratio 18:1
700C - 256 640x480 VGA color, active matrix, 10.4", contrast ratio 60:1
standard memory 4 megs; max mem 16 megs; upgrade through two sockets;
	2, 4, 8 Meg ICs available
84 key, full size keyboard; separate home, end, etc., keys; inverted T arrow
integrated TrackPoint II mouse substitute
ext keyboard support w/option
ext VGA monitor support
weight: 700 - 6.5 lbs, 700C - 7.6 lbs
dimensions: 700 - 11.7x8.3x1.9, 700C - 11x8.3x2.2
Nickel Hydride battery
battery life: 700 - 3.8 - 7.5 h, 700C - 2 - 4 h
"on the fly" battery exchange
MCA architecture
serial, parallel ports

3 year warranty
mono screen is upgradeable to color
removable hard drive
optional internal modem
optional quick charger for batteries
sleep mode
suspend/resume mode

ThinkPad 700 w/82M hd - $2750, $2266 educ.
ThinkPad 700 w/122M hd - $2950, $2430 educ.
ThinkPad 700C - $4350, $3584 educ.

Prices to change w/o notice

I hope this helps.

-- 
Melissa Woo
melissa@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu	    <---- use this address if replying --
Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics	  the one in the poster is broken
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign            :-(
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