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256 colors on IBM thinkpad 701c?
Name: Geyti Date: March 23, 2001 at 07:39:04 Pacific
Comment:
How can i get 256 colors on my IBM thinkpad 701c with windows 3.1?
Name: Z Furman Date: March 23, 2001 at 09:27:06 Pacific
Reply:
Hi Geyti: I downloaded a Win 3.1 driver for 600 x 800 in 256 colors that might work on your labtop, but depends on your screen specs. If interested send me an e-mail. You need to use setup.exe in windows directory to change monitor screen settings, then reboot to work. If your laptop doesn't work with new settings & your screen is scrambled, then you need to exit windows (clrt\F4) & use (in DOS) c:\windows\edit system.ini ([boot] section back to display.drv=vga.drv to work, be carefull & to make a backup of this file using c:\dosshell first.
Good luck. Z
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Response Number 2
Name: Geyti Date: March 23, 2001 at 14:20:35 Pacific
I have several Thinkpads. Each time I look for the model at the ibm support site. If your laptop is a Dual Screen screen you will not get above 256 colours.
The above is the URL for the drivers. It will be a pain to copy and paste but the drivers for your machine do exist and I have found them for a TP 701C. Windows 3.xx
Hope this helps. The file is about a 1MB or so. I wont email it to you. If you really get stuck then let me know.
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