From: John Kim (jokim_at_chs.cusd.claremont.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 27 1994 - 14:02:49 EDT
In message Wed, 27 Apr 1994 07:31:25 -0700 (PDT),
Randal Whittle <whittle_at_chaph.usc.edu> writes:
>>> 4. Is there a way to turn the backlight off without turning off the LCD?
>>> When I'm typing in the sunlight, I can see the screen just fine and I'd
>>> like to save some power by turning off the backlight.
>
> John, I'm simply amazed that you feel this way! I have a 750C and
> when I'm outdoors, I can barely see a blasted thing at all--and then only
> after some really bad squinting. I find using the TP outdoors
> tremendously annoying and difficult. The ambient light, whether very
> sunny or cloudy and overcast, seems to be just too overpoweringly
> bright--hence, I can't see what's on the screen for beans.
Oops, I should've mentioned I've got a 750 mono. The contrast becomes
really sharp under sunlight. Annoyingly so. I have to switch the screen to
inverse so it'll look more like a watch LCD (black on white) instead of the
white on black (which seems like inverse under sunlight to my brain).
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