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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