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From: scs@iti.org (Steve Simmons)
Subject: BSDI, portables, and overhead projectors
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Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 21:03:21 GMT
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Please forgive my depth of ignorance about PCs here . . .

I will shortly be recieving a portable for the purpose of giving
demos for a class.  My original plan was to put BSDI on it (go with
what you know, right?) but there is a potential fly in the ointment.

As part of the demo, they are currently connecting a device to the
VGA output port of the portable.  This device can be placed on an
overhead projector, and the entire class can see the result.  It
turns out that one toggles the screen display between the lcd and
the display unit by doing a magic key sequence on the keyboard.

If this key sequence won't work for BSDI, I'll have to drop back to
DOS instead.  Anybody got a portable that they're doing this sort
of thing with?  If so, let me know brand and sequence.

Will summarize.
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