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  From: Jont Allen <jba@research.att.com>
  To  : Joshua Gioja <jgioja@usgs.gov>
  Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 17:21:13 -0500

Re: Suspend to RAM (final chapter)

Joshua Gioja wrote:
> 
> I installed the BIOS version 1.01 for my ThinkPad (the oldest available), and APM works.
> Also, the Crystal Sound driver works for the first time -- I'm not sure whether the BIOS
> was broken for the sound as well as APM, but I'm happier now.
> 
> Josh
Josh,
Thats great. For those that follow, you might give a short writeup of what you did,
where you got the BIOS, and what it fixed. It might save others a lot of time and
frustration in the future. Then send it to this list where it is archived.

Did you find the BIOS at the IBM website I passed along? Please mention the URL and the
file
you used, and the IBM machine you are using, once more in your summary.

It must be a great relief to get it working.

Jont
> 
> Jont Allen wrote:
> 
> > Joshua Gioja wrote:
> > >
> > > I looked around about 6 months ago for a solution to my APM difficulties, but found
> > > nothing substantive.
> > > Since then, IBM has decided to support Linux (hooray!) -- I just found out, so I will
> > > see if IBM can assist me with their computer.
> 
> Well, not on all their computers yet...
> 
> > >
> > > Josh
> > check out the web site I sent you carefully. It has a great deal
> > of detailed information about each and every computer.
> > There is an index with lots of information about the files and
> > what they contain.
> >
> > I thought you had found a person who had a computer just like yours
> > that had the suspend-resume working. Am I missing something here?
> 
> He did, but I checked his setup and it was close enough to mine to be not useful to me as
> far as troubleshooting. (I did e-mail him as well)
> 
> > Am I confusing your email with someone else?
> 
> No, you're not.
> 
> > Jont
> > --
> > Jont B. Allen
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-- 
Jont B. Allen
AT&T Labs-Research, Shannon Laboratory, E161
180 Park Ave., Florham Park NJ, 07932-0971
973/360-8545voice, x7111fax, http://www.research.att.com/~jba
 -My favorite URL: www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history
 -Imagination is more important than knowledge.  --Albert Einstein
 -Life without music would be an error --Nietzsche
 -Where does Microsoft want you to go today?  --www.webt-shirt.net