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The backlight of my twenty year old IBM ThinkPad R31 is not in the best of shape. Sometimes after boot it is a bit dim, but otherwise perfectly usable. And sometimes it is quite dark after boot, and I have to get really close to read the text on the screen.
The first time the R31 boots after connecting the power brick, I have to set the date. Both the backup battery as the normal battery are very dead.
This morning, after booting, the screen was very dark. Mostly out of memory I managed to set the date, hit F10 and let the machine boot again. Still, a dark screen.
I used my X201 as a display for the R31, logged in over ssh.
After an hour or so, I had to do some stuff, brought the machine down and disconnected the power brick.
Late this afternoon, just before diner, I connected the machine to the power brick, booted, and ... there was the dim but perfectly workable display again :)
This is only day four, so we have some days to go ...
I hope I can keep using the R31 with my hands on the keyboard, and not have to use another system over ssh to see what I am doing :)
Today did the usual stuff, IRC, Gnus for use-net, RSS-feeds and mailing lists, and write a new Gopher post and Gemini post :)
Hashtag: #oldcomputerchallenge
$Date: 2023/07/13 20:28:05 $
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