Adjusting Screen Contrast and Brightness

If you cannot see text on the screen clearly, use the levers on the right side of the screen to adjust the screen’s contrast and brightness. The levers are shown below:

The contrast lever on the right determines how bright the characters appear against the background. To increase the contrast, move the lever up. To decrease it, move the lever down.

The brightness lever on the left controls the intensity of the screen’s backlighting. To make the backlighting brighter, move the lever up. To decrease the backlighting, move the lever down. When you’re running the computer on the battery, do not make the screen brighter than necessary to read the text clearly. This helps to conserve the battery’s charge.

Initial Screen Display

After the computer completes its self test, a message tells you how much RAM is available:

01024 KB OKNext you are prompted to run the SETUP program.
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