Hi folks,
I dunno about this special computer but many of these laptops have the
possibility to activate external monitors via bios. At first, You should
look there. IIRC some of the older Toshiba things had a so called AT&T
graphics mode (640x400 b&w).
Regards Joerg
On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 14:49:28 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 14:22:40 +0000, Bastiaan Edelman wrote:
>> Hi list,
>> I too have had a lot of fun in salving older computers...
>> For over 12 years now I sometimes use a Toshiba T1000 laptop, an old
>> 8086. At the back there is a connector 'RGB' and I have a nice monitor
>> for 'RGB' video display with connectors that fit the T1000 computer.
>> But how to activate the 'RGB'-connector at the back of the computer
>> since she only gives black and white on the build-in LCD screen?
>> Any ideas?
> Try connecting the RGB connector to the external CGA monitor.
> You will want to turn off your built-in LCD screen and you
> will probably have to fiddle with some dip-switches somewhere
> on your machine in order to get it to work. BTW, there is a
> shareware program that enables you to run a program that requires
> CGA or above to use on a system having a monitor such as yours
> and also on systems having just an ordinary monochrome monitor.
> I forgot the name of the program. I have used the program and
> have found that it does work with some programs which require a
> CGA monitor or above.
> Sam Heywood
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