Re: FN-FORUM: IBM thinkpad

date posted 2nd June 2003 22:01

Thanks for all the thoughts/advice... seems like it's a capable machine, but
I'll have to give more thought about dual monitor idea.
Relief to get away from cats, dogs, films etc anyway ;-)

Cheers, Paul.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Grimshaw" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 9:25 PM
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM: IBM thinkpad


> Gerard McGovern:
> > (Thinkpad as second monitor)
> > Seriously, on ThinkPads at least it is totally impossible. There is no
> > pass thru to allow for direct connection to the panel alone and you
> > can't detact the panel either.
>
> Thinking-out-of-the-box, you could always fullscreen TerminalServices/VNC
> into your other machine from the Thinkpad, thus gaining you a 'second
> monitor' of sorts.
>
> Or you could run some combination of X servers and clients (*nix - easy,
> Windows - shrug), to make your applications display over the network on
your
> other machine?
>
> - Nick Grimshaw
> { if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. }
>
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