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Added comments on how to setup syscons to work on older ThinkPads.

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Hardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.12 1996/12/12 11:12:42 jkh Exp $
ardware Documentation Guide: $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.13 1996/12/14 18:08:46 joerg Exp $
Contents last changed: July 4th, 1996
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that are supported.
Q: I booted the install floppy on my IBM ThinkPad (tm) laptop, and the
keyboard is all messed up.
A: Older IBM laptops use a non-standard keyboard controller, so you must
tell the console driver (sc0) to go into a special mode which works
on the ThinkPads. Change the sc0 'Flags' to 0x10 in UserConfig and
it should work fine. (Look in the Input Menu for 'Syscons Console
Driver'.)
Q: I have a Matsushita/Panasonic CR-522, a Matsushita/Panasonic CR-523 or
a TEAC CD55a drive, but it is not recognized even when the correct I/O
port is set.