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From: kaufman@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Marc T. Kaufman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: hairlines a common monitor fault?
Message-ID: <1990Jun10.010601.22369@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 10 Jun 90 01:06:01 GMT
References: <1990Jun8.192304.4492@isis.educ.lon.ac.uk> <1990Jun9.040202.25048@athena.mit.edu>
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University
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In article <1990Jun9.040202.25048@athena.mit.edu> dresnick@athena.mit.edu (David I Resnick) writes:
>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?

>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.

I wonder just how one would go about TRYING to remove this wire, seeing as
its INSIDE the tube?  I expect that any attempt would render the tube broken.

Marc Kaufman (kaufman@Neon.stanford.edu)