Shrouded in Mystery: The Thinkpad 380D Bios

I was trying to install a PCMCIA Wireless Internet card on my laptop, and got the idea that maybe entering BIOS would help.  I tried most of the ordinary keys, but none of them worked.  Finally, I found that you had to hold the F1 key while the laptop was off and then turn it on.  So bothersome.

As for the wireless card?  I don't reccomend it for anything before Windows XP.