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Subject: Re: text console size on IBM TP 240?
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Nate Williams wrote:
> 
> > > But, as small as the screen is, I think I'd just as soon stick with the
> > > console for most things, and run screen.  Unfortunately, the console leaves
> > > well over an inch of LCD on each side, making the font smaller and less fun to
> > > squint at than it should be.
> > >
> > > I looked through LINT, but have no clue if I can coax the text console in to
> > > eating up the entire LCD.  Has anyone a good experience here and can point me
> > > in the right direction?
> >
> > There's probably an undocumented BIOS hotkey that will put the screen in
> > 'stretch' mode.  Try Fn and work your way through everything until you
> > find it.
> 
> On my IBM, it's in the ThinkPad configuration, and isn't available via a
> keyboard hotkey.  However, once set, it stays set even after reboots.

It's usually not shown on the keyboard but Fn+F8 toggles stretch mode on
and off. Works on TP 570, 600 and 770 at least.


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