Re: laptop only using part of screen on console?

From: Dr. Richard E. Hawkins (hawk_at_slytherin.ds.psu.edu)
Date: 03/16/04

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    In article <1079475390.472601@ente.ipberlin.com>,
    jpd <read_the_sig@do.not.spam.it> wrote:
    >In article <c37od2$s1q$1@f04n12.cac.psu.edu>, Dr. Richard E. Hawkins wrote:
    >>
    >> In console mode, my laptop, a thinkpad a21p, is only using part of the
    >> screen (in the middle)< having gone into a hires mode. This survives
    >> powerdown.
    >>
    >> I know that I've seen this in the distant past, but I just can't
    >> remember the remedy.

    >It's an IBM BIOS feature, `stretch' I think it's called, but I'm too
    >lazy to check. My 570 also allows me to activate it with fn-f8.

    Got it. I changed it back in the bios.

    And it's fn-f8 on this one, too, though f8 has no such hint.

    thanks

    hawk 

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