I remember some laptop that had a special key combination to switch from LCD
to external monitor. You could not have both at the same time. Look for
extra feature keys (usually accessed by pressing a special FN key).
Francois
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-----Original Message-----
From: Shawn Rutledge <ecloud_at_goodnet.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, September 02, 1998 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: LCD woes
>> Anyway, the machine has a special card in it for driving the LCD panel.
>> It is labeled "LCD & HGC CARD". What is "HGC"? It has an external 9-pin
>
>Probably "Hercules Graphics Card" - Hercules made the original
>mono graphics card that was cloned a lot and most cards for driving
>mono monitors are that variety. It gives you 720 x 4?? dots
>with each pixel being on or off. As well as being compatible
>with the original IBM PC mono video card (which had only text mode).
>It does use a 9-pin connector.
>
>> port on it and I tried plugging the monochrome display into it, but the
>> picture was all distorted so I figured it was using a different frequency
>> or something. The cursor comes out about an inch wide, and none of the
>> craracters are recognizable, possibly just from overwritten numerous
times
>> in the same scanline.
>
>Hmmm are you sure the monitor is OK?
>>
>> Oh, and BTW, I electrocuted myself last night when I touched some exposed
>> wiring going to the LCD panel. It surprised me that there was that much
>
>Is it backlit? Fluorescent backlights use relatively high voltage.
>
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