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Date:      16 Aug 2001 00:54:07 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        Bob Van Valzah <Bob@Talarian.Com>
Cc:        FreeBSD-mobile@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ThinkPad 600X Serial Ports Hang
Message-ID:  <xzpu1z90wa8.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <3B7564E0.1050207@Talarian.Com>
References:  <3B7564E0.1050207@Talarian.Com>

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Bob Van Valzah <Bob@Talarian.Com> writes:
> I'm running 4.3-RELEASE on a ThinkPad 600X. I long ago gave up on
> getting the built-in serial port to work since it's apparently powered
> off and I have no way to boot DOS or Windows on it (I understand
> that'd be required to apply power to the built-in serial port).

Get a DOS boot disk with the PS2.EXE utility on it, boot from the
disk, use PS2.EXE to disable the IrDA interface and enable the RS232
(COM) interface instead.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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