Hi. I read somewhere that ThinkPads are so good for Dos gaming. Sound Blaster and screen. So I got one, however it looks that screen of it in DOS is not scalled. It takes like have of the screen. Is there any way to scale it for fullscreen in DOS?
I guess not.
There definitely is ... my Thinkpad 365ED scales low resolutions just fine (display is 640x480.) It may be in the CMOS setup if it's not a Fn+key combo on the keyboard.
I'll check when I get home.
Some are and some are not but the older pentium 1 and 486 are very compatible however avoid any models that has the disgusting DTSN screens especially if they are going bad. Reasons are mostly bad color saturation, ghosting, and often showing lines that is typical of a failing screen. Most eBay sellers are dumb as rocks so they never test anything so buying is a roll of the dice.
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I believe it's the same as my 370C. There's a program called PS2.EXE that's used to set the CMOS settings, including screen scaling.
I even found a link for you.
It may be configurable in firmware.
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On newer Thinkpads there is a "Screen expansion" option in the BIOS, which controls exactly this. Not sure the 600 series would have this. Perhaps the Fn+F8 combination serves the same purpose.
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The 600X is just before they switched to Phoenix BIOS, so it'll be the "classic" ThinkPad configuration.
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wrote:I believe it's the same as my 370C. There's a program called PS2.EXE that's used to set the CMOS settings, including screen scaling.
I even found a link for you.
Thank You so much. Yes, there is ps2 dos program that must be run in MS-DOS mode. After that you have one of the option to change resolution.
You have no idea guys how much you helped me. Thank you so much.
