From: Michael Geary (Mike_at_Geary.com)
Date: Wed Apr 04 2001 - 13:18:14 EDT
> Got my A21p the other day, and have a few simple questions about it.
> There are two connectors on the right side, between the DVD drive and
> the front corner of the unit. My guess is video.
Good guess. They are S-video input and output.
> On the right side of the system, next to the PCMCIA slots, there is a
> green light. I have no clue as to what it is trying to tell me.
It is telling you that the Ultrabay 2000 is powered up and you should not
remove the drive from it. Next to the light is a little slider. If you flip
that, a lever will pop out, the machine will go on standby, the green light
will go off, and then you can use that lever to pull out the drive.
> ThinkPad Button
>
> Cool button with prime real estate that brings up so-so information on
> the system. At least, that's my early impression. The program is
> called "Access ThinkPad", and for the amount of time I expect to refer
> to it, I'd just as soon start it from the Start Menu button. So, how
> to I re-define what happens when I press the ThinkPad button? I'd like
> to make it do what *I* think I will use a lot.
In Access ThinkPad, click on About Your ThinkPad and you will find answers
to most of your other questions about the other ports and connectors.
To change the program that's launched by the ThinkPad button, use RegEdit to
go to this registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IBM\TPHOTKEY\8001
and change the "File" value to point to whatever program you want.
> One of the things I really enjoy about using Microsoft Windows is the
> opportunity to bend a paper clip to poke at a recessed reset button on
> my 770ED a couple of times a week. I have not seen something that
> looks like a Reset button on the A21p. So far, holding the power
> switch in for 5 seconds has forced the system down, but there have
> been times when the 770ED power switch was ineffective, and the paper
> clip (later, a Palm stylus) was my only salvation. What's the story
> here?
Power switch for five seconds should always work. There is no other reset
button. If all else fails, you can always remove AC and battery.
> Under Win98SE, when I depress either Shift key and click the mouse,
> Windows selects everything between where the cursor was and where the
> mouse cursor is. On the A21p under Win2K Professional, this still
> happens with the Left Shift key, but not with the Right Shift key.
> What's up with that? Is right shift assigned some other meaning? Have
> I accidentally defined myself to be using some odd-ball keyboard that
> treats the two Shift keys differently? I like being able to one-hand
> select blocks, etc.
Both shift keys work the same for me. Maybe you did do something to your
keyboard configuration, but I don't know what. What does the Input Locales
page in the Keyboard control panel say?
> Also, trying to decide what version of Linux to install as dual-boot.
I recommend you check out VMware. (www.vmware.com). This will let you run
Linux and Win2K at the same time instead of dual-booting. Very slick.
-Mike
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