22 Jan
2022
22 Jan
'22
10:28 p.m.
Would someone please suggest a replacement for the Compaq Portable's
brightness knob? This was missing on mine when I got it.
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David Griffith
dave at 661.org
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
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11 p.m.
My reply is at the bottom. Please put your reply there too.
On Sat, 22 Jan 2022, Ali wrote:
I'm looking for the actual plastic knob. The pot itself seems to work
fine.
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David Griffith
dave at 661.org
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
Would someone please suggest a replacement >for
the Compaq Portable's
brightness knob?? This was missing on mine >when I got it.
David,
Are you looking for the pot or the actual plastic knob?
Out of curiosity does your brightness adjustment work at all?? 
11:39 p.m.
My reply is at the bottom.? Please put your reply
>there tooIs that for me? Because my reply is at the bottom. See bottom.>> Out of
curiosity does your brightness >>adjustment work at all??>I'm looking for the
actual plastic knob.? The pot >itself seems to work >fine.Sorry can't help you
regarding the plastic knob and I doubt you could find an original Compaq spare shirt of
gutting another unit for parts.When you say the pot is working on yours does it go the
full range of brightness i.e. from zero/off all the way to 100%/maximal brightness? Or
does it just slightly dim the screen?Thanks.-Ali
23 Jan
23 Jan
12:45 a.m.
My reply is at the bottom. Please put your reply there too.
On Sat, 22 Jan 2022, Ali wrote:
Is that for me? Because my reply is at the bottom. See bottom.
That "My reply is at the bottom..." is part of the "on so-and-so date Joe
Blow wrote...". I suppose I could alter that to say "(standard header)"
somesuch.
Now about the pot, it turns easily and gives the full range of brightness.
I found a few knobs on Ebay for the IBM 5151 monitor that seem like they
might work. They have a similar sun icon too. I might get one just to
see. If it doesn't work, I can probably adapt something without a pointer
that comes close and cobble something to mate with the pot.
--
David Griffith
dave at 661.org
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
> Out of curiosity does your brightness
>>adjustment work at all??
I'm looking for the actual plastic knob.? The
pot >itself seems to work
fine.
Sorry can't help you regarding the plastic knob and I doubt you could find
an original Compaq spare shirt of gutting another unit for parts.
When you say the pot is working on yours does it go the full range of
brightness i.e. from zero/off all the way to 100%/maximal brightness? Or
does it just slightly dim the screen? 
1:53 a.m.
On Sun, 23 Jan 2022 at 07:28, David Griffith via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Would someone please suggest a replacement for the Compaq Portable's
brightness knob? This was missing on mine when I got it.
3D print one?
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