Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 18:31:58 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Screen off/Keyboard keys on for GPS?
At 02:29 AM 20/02/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:20:14 +0000 >From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Screen off/Keyboard keys on for GPS? > >>Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:51:15 +0800 >>From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>At 01:47 AM 20/02/2002 -0800, you wrote: >>>Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 09:41:31 +0000 >>>From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Subject: Screen off/Keyboard keys on for GPS? >>> >>>... >>> >>>I found the Ins key was great to get an updated voice prompt on what the next turn >was. And I thought it'd be really nice if I could hit a key and get the screen to >blank out, and another to wake it up. Is this anything that has been done, or may be >at all possible? I can always flip the lid closed, and then flip it up again when I >want to hit the Ins key... but it'd be nice if I could get the screen to blank out by >hitting a key. >> >>If you were brave you could wire the panel sensor switch to a push- >>on/push-off switch > >I was wondering if I could rig up something that I could physically tickle that lid >switch with somehow. > >>... why would you bother though? With the car running you're not going off battery >anyway. > >Well... guess I lean towards the habit of trying to turn the LCD off as much as I can >when I don't need it, with the thought that it might increase its life expectancy. >Guess this isn't as controversal as argument as the "computer always on" vs "turn >computer on and off" debate on which way the system's life expectany will be longer. Well the only thing that'll deteriorate is the backlight but then you've got to ask yourself whats more damaging ... keeping the backlight on or turning it on and off several times per hour. I've got backlights on old laptops 10 years old or more that are still going strong ... I wouldn't worry too much about it, short of mechanical damage it'd be hard to get that thing to fall over. - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
