Try Fn/F7 (function-screen)

At 12:00 AM 3/4/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>There are 3 messages totalling 98 lines in this issue.
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>Topics of the day:
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>   1. thinkpad 700 help (2)
>   2. help downloading and installing...
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>Date:    Tue, 2 Mar 2004 23:45:18 -0600
>From:    Bob Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: thinkpad 700 help
>
>------Help------
>My wife loaned my thinkpad 700 to one of her friends and now the screen
>is blank and dark.  It will flash a couple of times during bootup but
>nothing shows afterwards. Of course I have no documentation.
>
>Is there a key combination that will return it to normal?  I am hoping
>that it is just redirected to the VGA output port and can be changed
>back with the right key combo.
>
>thanks
>
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>Date:    Tue, 2 Mar 2004 21:56:41 +3
>From:    Alejandro Lieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: help downloading and installing...
>
>The latest version of IExplorer + OExpress for Win 3.1 and Win 3.11
>is Ver 5.0.
>
>Alejandro
>
>
>On  2 Mar 04 at 13:59, ANDY wrote:
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> > Date sent:      Tue, 2 Mar 2004 13:59:57 -0500
> > Send reply to:  Older PC and DOS Internet Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > From:           ANDY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject:        [SURVPC] help downloading and installing...
> > To:             [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > I'd like to install IE or Netscape 4.08 on my Win3.11 machine...
> >
> > I have 19 MB free space on my HD...
> >
> > what is the latest version of IE that works with Win3.11?
> >
> > does microsoft still offer this version for free download?
> >
>
>
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>Ing. Alejandro Lieber
>Rosario     Argentina
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>Date:    Wed, 3 Mar 2004 05:31:38 -0600
>From:    Robert C Wittig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: thinkpad 700 help
>
>Hello Bob,
>
>Tuesday, March 2, 2004, 11:45:18 PM, you wrote:
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>BY> ------Help------
>BY> My wife loaned my thinkpad 700 to one of her friends and now the screen
>BY> is blank and dark.  It will flash a couple of times during bootup but
>BY> nothing shows afterwards. Of course I have no documentation.
>
>BY> Is there a key combination that will return it to normal?  I am hoping
>BY> that it is just redirected to the VGA output port and can be changed
>BY> back with the right key combo.
>
>I had the same problem on my old ThinkPad... it was a loose connection
>inside the lid, where the leads plug into the LCD.
>
>Try plugging a monitor into the auxiliary monitor output jack, to see
>if you get an image. If you do, this is probably your problem. It is
>fairly common in ThinkPads, and other vintage laptops like GRiDs, as
>well.
>
>-wittig http://www.robertwittig.com/
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>A business is as honest as its advertising.
>.
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>End of SURVPC Digest - 2 Mar 2004 to 3 Mar 2004 (#2004-24)
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