Yes, helping you see the keyboard in the dark is exactly what it's for, and it's found on most new ThinkPad models (the tablets being the main exception). It's called the ThinkLight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_ThinkPad_ThinkLight I think the Fn+PgUp combination was chosen because it's so easy to find even if you can't see the keyboard - just feel for the two extreme corners. BTW, if you're using a ThinkPad in such a dark room that the ThinkLight is helpful, it also helps to turn the main display brightness way down so you don't have so much harsh contrast between the screen and the dark environment. -Mike On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Simon Royal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > This might sound stupid to some people, but I just found something cool on > my new (to me) R31 and wondered if other models had it as I never heard of > it before. > > Whilst trying out the Fn keys to see if I can get sleep/suspend to work > under Ubuntu I stumbled across Fn+PgUp which turns a little light on at the > top of my screen. > > It is strong enough to light up the keyboard if it was dark. I presume this > is what it is for. > > How cool. > > Simon > > > -- > > --- Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal - LowEndMac: > http://tinyurl.com/macspectrum - Skype: Simon-Royal. > --- IBM ThinkPad R31 running Ubuntu 10.10 & Windows XP Home. Apple > PowerBook G3 'Pismo' running OSX 10.4. Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini > Pro running 2.1 > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
