Mike I do not have many occasions to use it, but it is an interesting tool.
Simon On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Michael Geary <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > -- --- 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
