[ale] [Sorta OT] Thinkpad 600x TV out

[James P. Kinney III]

On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 11:03 -0500, Jason Day wrote:
> A few months back, I got a thinkpad 600x from a surplus equipment
> auction at work.  No manual or software, but gentoo installed on it just
> fine.  I noticed a TV out connector on it, so I googled the part number
> and bought a cable off of ebay.  Unfortunately, I can't get any signal
> to the TV.  At this point, I don't know if the cable is bad, or if I'm
> just not configuring the thinkpad properly.  I don't even know if the TV
> out connector needs some proprietary windows-only software.
> 
> Does anybody have any experience with this?  Is there any way for me to
> tell if the cable I bought is bad?

I had a similar TP. A 600e (I belive). The s-video out is not on by
default. It requires a special chunk of software to turn it on on. The
default OS on those was Win98. There is a a Linux driver that will turn
it on. I tested it nce and decided it really looked crappy on my TV.

Check these links for some more info:
http://www.linux-thinkpad.org/
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-4BP6Q6.html
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason
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