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From: JEFF%NRCVM01.bitnet@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca (Jeffrey Marans)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: SS1 aspect ratio
Keywords: Hardware
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Date: 1 Nov 90 00:19:44 GMT
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I've got an SS1 that lost a memory chip the day I tried to configure it.
I suspect that's entirely irrelevant, but what the heck...  A while after
it was off warranty the user mentioned the screen looked odd, so I changed
the default fonts to make the characters readable, and I finally measured
the variations in the clocktool aspect ratio.

The clock appears to be round when it's 13mm from the left window edge.
On the extreme left it's 16 mm, and on the right it's 15mm.  Somewhere
around the centre it expands to 22mm.

Could someone tell me if there's a parameter I haven't set, or am I
looking at a $1200 board replacement?

Jeff Marans
IRC/NRC
jeff@nrcvm01.ca
Ottawa, Canada.