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From: dresnick@athena.mit.edu (David I Resnick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: hairlines a common monitor fault?
Message-ID: <1990Jun9.040202.25048@athena.mit.edu>
Date: 9 Jun 90 04:01:13 GMT
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In-Reply-To: tejtemw@isis.educ.lon.ac.uk's message of 8 Jun 90 19:23:04 GMT

In article <1990Jun8.192304.4492@isis.educ.lon.ac.uk> tejtemw@isis.educ.lon.ac.uk (EARL WILLIAMS) writes:

   Are visible horizontal hairlines in large-screen monitors just a fact of
   life that we have to live with?  Every monitor I've installed or seen seems
   to have 1-3 of these super-thin but sometimes distracting lines.  The
   vertical location varies, but there is most often one about 1/3 of the way
   up from the bottom.

   Does anyone know 1) if this is common, 2) if anything can be done about it,
   3) whether the fault is in the video card or the TV tube electronics?

I asked about this when I bought my Apple 13" moniter, and apparently
it is a fine wire which holds a ?mask? onto the screen.  The guy at
the MIT computer center showed me the Apple Tech. note saying that
this should NOT be removed under any circumstances. It is a minor
annoyance - I wish there was some way for them to have avoided its use.
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       David Resnick                           dresnick@athena.mit.edu