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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 6 Jul 2008 18:06:53 -0400
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Most laptops you can tell because the screen gets a little warm after a 
while when it's on too.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: OT techra laptop


> Thanks Doug, that did the trick.  And I can tell whether it's on or off if 
> I
> happen to have my light sensor handy.  Lou
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Doug Payne" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: OT techra laptop
>
>
>> On my toshiba Portige 3500, there is an option to toggle between internal
>> monitor, external monitor, or both. This is acomplished by pressing FN+F5
>> repeatedly. The FN key is the second from the left on  the row with the
>> space bar. The order is CTRL, Fn, Alt, grave, then spacebar. Of course,
>> there is no obvious way for a completely blind person to determine the
>> current display status.
>>
>> --Doug
>> N8IWC
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators 
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of John Miller
>> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 12:12 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: OT techra laptop
>>
>> Most have a way to toggle between an external monitor and the internal or
>> both. I don't know that particular one, the only Toshiba I have is a
>> windows
>> 3.1 box that I use for dos actually and seems not to want to work at the
>> moment, but there are some laptops that have no way to disable the
>> internal
>> monitor though in power management you can cut back the idle time to shut
>> off the monitor significantly if you like. I did with my every day laptop
>> because the battery life it pretty bad, I wish I knew when I got it but
>> for
>> everything it has, and the price I paid, there has to be a flaw 
>> somewhere.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 3:06 PM
>> Subject: Re: OT techra laptop
>>
>>
>>> hi:
>>> I have the toshiba techra M2.
>>> Great little machines indeed.  You are refering to the far right hand
>>> button beside the power button and the other one touch access button.
>>> It is actually a display mode change button of some sort.  It turns
>>> the screen off for a couple seconds while it alters the settings or
>> something.
>>> Anyway, there is no way to permanently disable  the laptop monitor.
>>> Can you imagine the tech support nightmare if they offered such a
>>> feature...people would turn it off either by accident or design, and
>>> then wouldn't be able to use the machine because you'd have to get
>>> back into that menu or folder to turn it back on.  A one touch button
>>> would be great for that though.
>>> If you go into power settings, you can turn down the brightness of the
>>> display, and you can have it go dark after a certain idol time.
>>> Also, a screen saver would help to reduce a little bit of energy
>>> consumption i think.
>>> The techra series is certainly not known for its long battery life.  I
>>> typically use the regular onboard battery as well as another one that
>>> goes in the modular bay where the CD drive would normally go.  I get
>>> about 5 to
>>> 8
>>> hours depending on what i'm doing out of the two batteries together.
>>> One thing that you might consider is modifying a VGA cable in some way
>>> to make the laptop think it has an external monitor, and then
>>> automatically shutdown the laptop screen.
>>> I'm not sure if an external monitor being hooked up will allow you to
>>> shut off the laptop screen or not though.
>>> 73
>>> Colin, V A6BKX
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 12:49 PM
>>> Subject: OT techra laptop
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone ever used a Toshiba Techra Laptop?  I've inherited my
>>>> xyl's old one and it's great in nearly every respect.  However, I'd
>>>> like to be able
>>> to
>>>> save battery power by turning off the monitor most of the time.
>>>> Indeed, there is a button which seems to do exactly that only it
>>>> stays off for 2 seconds and fires back up again.  Any ideas on how to
>>>> control this?  I've looked at the power save settings but can't seem
>>>> to figure out how to do what I want with it.  Thanks.  Lou
>>>>
>>>>
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