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o 'My laptop requires APM (and not ACPI) to function properly' (0 Votes)
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o 'My laptop has built-in SCSI disks (not the same as ATA)' (0 Votes)
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o 'I use a console on braile device with my laptop' (0 Votes)
o 'I use TOMOYO, Integrity Measurement Arch., etc' (0 Votes)
o 'I use any sort of tape backup system with my laptop' (0 Votes)
o 'I use ARCnet with my laptop' (0 Votes)
o 'I use token ring with my laptop' (1 Votes)
o 'I use Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) with my laptop' (0 Votes)
o 'I use Telephony (actual hardware in kernelspace) with my laptop' (0 Votes)
o 'My laptop has a TPM security chip' (0 Votes)
o 'I have a PCMCIA SCSI card for SCSI devices' (0 Votes)
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