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From: pete@bally.Bally.COM (Pete "The Invisible Man" Gregory)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: NEC 286 Portable screen problems - HELP!!!
Message-ID: <276@bally.Bally.COM>
Date: 25 May 90 17:25:21 GMT
Organization: Bally Systems, Reno, NV
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Hi, y'all netlanders...

(I'm posting this for a friend not on the net)

I have a NEC PowerMate 286 Portable PC (APC-H701) with a screen
problem.  Whenever I turn it on, the screen takes on a "brown" background
which is almost impossible to read.  After a few minutes, the screen
assumes its normal, high-contrast silver background, and stays that way
until I turn it off.

Problem is, over the past few months, it takes longer and longer for the
screen to "warm up" (ie. turn from low-contrast brown background to
high-contrast silver background).  It now takes several minutes.  I am
afraid that one day it will never "warm up".

I took it to the dealer.  They apparently didn't fix it, and charged me 
$100 for the favor.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?  Is there a known fix?

Ignorant minds want to know.....

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