TURGUT@TREARN.BITNET (Turgut Kalfaoglu) (01/22/91)
I am not sure what you mean by auto resume, but on Tandy laptops
(I assume they all share the same BIOS) there is a setup screen
where you specify the time in minutes when the machine will turn off
its display and enter 'sleep' mode. only a LED stays on to tell you
that the machine is not really off. You hit a key,and it jumps back
to life. For some programs that do not use BIOS for keyboard (games
usually) I had to disable this feature because the machine would go
into standby while you are playing with it.
Another two neat things this BIOS does are:
1) Parks drive after each use (it sits idle for about 2 seconds
after an access, then parks it. You can hear it zip accross)
This is nifty to protect the drive from accidental bumps.
2) Stops drive if you don't use it for a while.The next time you access the
hard disk, it starts up again. It takes about 4 seconds to start
writing once it has stopped. No compatibility problems experienced
(although I would have expected DEVICE NOT READY errors from 'nervous'
applications.)
Regards, -turgutrubin@ibm.com (Bill Rubin) (01/23/91)
I agree this is a really important feature to have, and I'll tell you where it really comes in handy - when you're passing thru airport security and they want to see the machine operate to make sure it's a real computer. I can just turn on my machine and it's up. On other machines you have to go thru the memory check, DOS boot, etc. Bill
pollack@dendrite.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jordan B Pollack) (01/23/91)
now, it does sound useful! Can anyone review the commercial packages for autoresuming; esp do they work with windows? -- Jordan Pollack Assistant Professor CIS Dept/OSU Laboratory for AI Research 2036 Neil Ave Email: pollack@cis.ohio-state.edu Columbus, OH 43210 Fax/Phone: (614) 292-4890
weymouth@xtend.enet.dec.com (02/04/91)
-- In response to the comments about getting used to auto-resume, I also feel that way, but unfortunately, at least on the Toshiba 1600, it does NOT work while booting under OS/2. Has anyone else experienced this or found out how to get around it? Thanks, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # Internet: Donald G. Weymouth # # WEYMOUTH@XTEND.ENET.DEC.COM Digital Equipment Corporation # # New Ventures # # 40 Old Bolton Road - OGO1-2/W11 # # Stow, MA 01775-1215 # # (508)496-8735 # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~