Brazenly OT: ThinkPad760XL local/v/remote screen

Gordon JC Pearce gordon at gjcp.net
Sun Nov 21 16:31:23 CST 2004


John Allain wrote:
> OK, here's a an OT, I can't wait...
> 
> I have a seven year old  IBM 760XL Laptop somebody
> gave me for free with all the trimmings (with 2 different docking bays)
> that likes to switch over to the VGA port every time it boots completely
> up.  The LCD panel is seen for the period right after power-on to the time
> the OS starts.  I haven't seen LCD control in the BIOS start-up
> (powerswitch+F1) or in the Control Panel.  I want to tell it to keep the LCD
> display on always.
> 
> Perhaps someone has worked with this particular model?
> 
> Reply to me directly, if you intuit that this is not a true list question.
> 
> BTW this is mechanically a pretty interesting machine.  You can
> lift up the keyboard and change out any of this: Batteries,spares,
> Floppy,CD,HD, and memory, all using no tools at all.
> 
> Thanks,
> John A.

What OS are you running on it?

Gordon



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