Re: ThinkPad 701C display problem

["David Ross" <ross@math.hawaii.edu>]

>My display is TFT, set for High Color (16 bit) at 640X480. Solid colors
>display correctly but areas of gradual transition show lots of dithering -
>instead of smooth transition between different shades of a color, there are
>patches of solid colors with dots on the borderlines between them.


This sure sounds like a software (driver or otherwise) problem.  Have you
checked the display in the 701's setup program?  That should show transitions
at the hardware's max color depth.

 David R.