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Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 15:52:40 -0700
From: Nate Williams <nate@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
Cc: nate@rocky.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams), Gert-Jan.Vons@ocegr.fr,
        questions@freebsd.org, hm@altona.hamburg.com
Subject: Re: 2.1R+PCVT+Xfree on Thinkpad
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J. Wunsch writes:
> As Nate Williams wrote:
> > 
> > I'm *pretty* sure it's true, although it's a pain in the butt.  However,
> > both Linux and NetBSD can use X on ThinkPads, so I'm unsure why it
> > doesn't work.
> 
> I'm afraid that recent Thinkpads have been entirely dropping scan set
> I.
> 
> Of course, this is speculative only -- i don't own one.  Playing with
> kbdio(8) might get it clearer.

If I get access to one again (we've got a 755CX, ~4 mos old) I can check
it out.  Where do I start?  If I remember correctly, my very old (750C,
no longer made) didn't support ScanSet I, so I don't think it's anything
new.  The 750's run both NetBSD and Linux though.


Nate