xbatt or other indicators for the Thinkpad 600E?

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:35:54 -0700
Gary Kline <kline at tao.thought.org> wrote:

> 	I don't know.  My ThinkPad doesn't seem to have a way into
> 	the bios.   No 'Type ESC to reach the BIOS'.  (??)

On those old ThinkPads, you have to hold down the F1 key while you
power-on the machine. Keep holding it down until the "Easy-Setup" meny
appears.
Oh, and Easy-Setup isn't your regular BIOS adjustment program.
For that, you need the PS2 utility aka "Configuration utility for DOS".
See
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-4ZFPEG

The Linux people have tpctl (http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/), and I
vaguely remember that somebody started a similar project for FreeBSD,
but I don't think it was ever finished.

Hope this helps.
-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway